The boys had Spring Break at the beginning of the month. It started out pretty mellow. The four younger boys had all been sick the week before and Ricky had been fine. I predicted that he would wait until the school vacation to take his turn. Sadly, I was right.
But he did a lot of reading. And reading. And more reading.
By Thursday, he was feeling a bit better and I was tired of being inside with five boys, so we went for a little adventure. I took the boys to the local bird preserve. They have a mile walking path through the marsh lands that is part of the migratory path for many species of birds.
The boys were just so excited to be out of the house … they ran and ran along the path. Whenever they stopped to wait up for me, they were dangling over the edge of the boardwalk stabbing sticks into the mud.
There is a large watch tower that has great views. We only saw a couple of birds and one huge cracked egg, but it was still fun.
The boys just had fun hanging out somewhere different.
We’ll have to visit the bird preserve again. Probably when Kevin can go. He loves teaching the boys about birds and is better at it than I am.