Saturday was a perfect Spring day, mid-70s and clear, not too windy. While Ryan and Chris stayed home and took apart our hot water heater trying to figure out why the pilot light keeps going out, I took Nathan and Kaitlyn to a nearby playground. I love watching Kaitlyn play, when she runs it's like watching joy in motion. Her hair bounce with every step! While standing near a big tree, we found little green inchworms hanging from their silk threads. Nathan picked up a thin stick and nudged one of the worms with it so it would crawl on to the stick for a closer look. Then he put the stick up to the tree trunk so the worm could crawl back on. We watched the worm do that inchworm thing, pull himself together and then stretch back out to move. Kaitlyn was cheering the worm on. The next inchworm fell off the stick into the grass, so the kids got down  for a closer look. I love that despite their seven year age difference, Nathan and Kaitlyn play so well … [Read more...]