Caring......

That is the badge the kids have been working on for Earth Scouts. It is wonderful to be part of a group that does nice things. At home we each made 3 cards to take to the Children's Hospital for the holidays and brought them to our meeting.
Then Amy who has been organizing the activities for this badge had stations set up to make ornaments which will go on small planted trees to take to the Hospital along with the cards the children made. Ryan really understood the idea behind this activity . We talked about how the children in the hospital are sick and some cannot go home for the holidays. Because he still remembers going in for his surgery when he was 3, he really wanted to help out.
The beautiful ornaments. On our way home Ryan asked if we could go with Amy to drop off the cards and trees. He really feels connected to the spirit of caring and giving.


Before our meeting Ryan and headed over to the nature center early to have lunch and walk around. We only walked for a little bit before heading in to explore the nature center. Once inside we found a couple of chairs set up in front of the window where the bird feeders are. We spent 45 min there just watching the birds. We saw blue jays, tuffted titmouse,cardinals,black capped chippadees and many others. It was very relaxing.