Hiking

We arrived back in Germany safely, if not a lot tired!!  It was a long trip especially with a four hour layover in Amsterdam, but we made it home!!!  We all had a hard time getting our time zone changed back, but slowly we were getting back into the swing of things.  On Monday August 17th we hooked up with Maria and Julie to go for a hike in the woods!!

The boys decided before we heading into the woods to feed the ducks and swans.  They were having a great time!!!

I thought at this point Michael might  be heading into the small lake, but thankfully he was just feeding the swans and wanted to stay back because they can be mean.

AJ and Julie walking through the woods, Michael is a little ways in front of them!

And of course what does he find - a stick.  Who would have thought that!!!  LOL

Then with his stick, off the beaten path into the woods he goes!

AJ decided that he needed a stick too.  He found the biggest stick he could!!!

All three kids looking for a four leaf clover!

This was a little of the path, but I thought it was beautiful and left alone, which I like!

At first look I thought this was a tree stump.  Then with further investigation I found out that it was some sort of well.

The kids decided that they wanted to make a fort in the woods, so they spent a lot of time collecting sticks and covering to hide their fort!!

Jule and AJ decided that the sticks they were finding on the ground weren't big enough, so they decided to try and pull a small tree out of the ground.  It didn't quite work out as well as they wanted.

Michael and Julie found a bug that became their friend for a little while.  Unfortunately that poor beetle fell more times than I could count!!  LOL

The kids were checking out this big stick trying to figure out if they wanted to take it or not.

They decided they wanted to take it with them.  You can see how big it is because Julie is at the end of it!!  I told them that was not going in my van!

We arrived back to the small lake and they wanted to feed the birds again.  Those birds followed them all around the lake trying to get the food.  The swans were bullies though stealing the food from the  ducks.  It was a great day and nice to get out of the house!!!