Photo Scavenger Hunt

Today the kids and I went on a photo scavenger hunt. I quickly made a list of things to find. With Brendan armed with the camera, Jillian atop of her scooter, and Karigan snuggled in her stroller, we began our search. I was amazed at how attentive and focused The Bigs (my nickname for the combination of Brendan and Jillian) were as they scouted for each item. Only the normal rules of our walks applied, i.e. no crossing the street without Mommy, stay on the sidewalk, etc. The list was open to intrepretation, but the items could not be in our yard - for example: Brendan tried repeatedly to photograph a bird, but by the time the camera would focus, the bird had flown away. Shortly after his fourth or fifth attempt, an airplane flew over. And he photographed that "bird." The items we found were an angel, a bird house, Mommy's favorite flower, a bug with six legs, a bird, the American flag, a white butterfly, running water, a child playing, a fountain, a maple tree, a pine cone, a yellow flower, a "bird", the word STOP, and a friend's house. The only item we did not find was the shell of a Robin's egg.