Bugs and Such

Another fun day here in Sunriver, despite the fact that the Ducks are currently losing the season opener to LSU.  I will not be talking about football anymore in this post.  On to better things.

Our morning adventure was the Sunriver Nature Center.  They had lots of thing for the boys to enjoy.  I'll use the pics to explain.

This is a fun little display with a variety of eggs - birds' eggs, lizard eggs, snake eggs...fascinating for my dudes.

Both boys wanted to try to use the binoculars to look at the birds in the aviary, but neither was really able to get them focused.  Next time. 

Luke really enjoyed this display of Camp Abbott, the World War II training camp that was originally on the site where Sunriver is today.

This is the coolest microscope ever.  It has one large lens instead of two small ones, allowing the wee folk to easily use it.  Paul spent about ten minutes here.

Luke also liked it.

This was Luke's favorite exhibit, a box with a meteorite and a lava rock.  Luke was amazed at the comparison of the weight of the two, the meteorite far outweighing the lava rock.  He must have lifted each of them twenty times and explained the whole thing about thirty times...to each of us.  :-)

Outside they also have some very cool birds of prey.

On the way back to the car, Luke especially became fascinated with the number of grasshoppers available for hunting.  He was so cute to watch.  He would try so hard to catch one, but those little dudes move quick.  So during nap time, I went into the mall and bought both boys a little Sunriver present...their very own bug catching nets.  Luke had to try his out immediately.

He is so serious when he is bug hunting.  It is ultra adorable.

 GOT IT!

 A Boy and His First Bug

 Luke turned the jar toward me and said, "He wants to look at the camera for the picture." It's a butterfly of some sort.  We need a bug book at the cabin.

The boys with their nets. Paul refused to nap again today, hence the listless look.  He's better in the mornings.  We'll go bug hunting again tomorrow.

Overall, it was a great day.  We hope Grandpa reads this post and feels cheered by the cuteness of the dudes and forgets the results of the game.