Quack! Quack!

Since today was such a beautiful day, we decided to all go down to the duck pond and feed the ducks (and turtles)! Brad and I walked while the kids rode their bicycle and tricycle. We walked on the greenbelts (which are like sidewalks but they are graveled paths throughout the woods) and it took us a long time to get there since we were having to stop for every sound the kids heard or track they saw in the dirt. They were both hoping to see deer or at least a bunny or two but with no luck. We trekked through the woods, under two cement tunnels that they love to scream in to hear their echoes, and finally arrived at the duck pond. The minute they saw the pond, they ditched their bikes and ran toward the ducks. We had some old bread that we brought, but Brad didn't think it was enough for all of the ducks, so he grabbed a brand new load of CIABATTA bread that was HUGE. The ducks had a fine dining experience today!
The ducks and geese here are so used to people feeding them that they are strangely aggressive for food since they know humans=food. Some of the geese are as big as the kids, so even though Isabella was trying to pet the geese and play with them, Elijah was running around scared and the ducks would chase him down for his bread. So, he finally figured out how to throw the bread at the geese so they wouldn't chase him. The geese were so quick that Elijah couldn't keep up, so he was hurling HUGE chunk of bread at the geese and laughing! This clip is so funny!



After all our bread was gone and Isabella screamed, "QUACK!" at the ducks and geese, we walked across the bridge and let the kids ride their bikes over to the second bridge. It was a great day!