We spent the day at a nearby park. It's about 85F today and sunny! The wind is crazy, though. But it was just lovely!
Anyway, we celebrated my friend's birthday with brownies at our picnic lunch. Then she had to leave, and my other friend and I hiked through the wildflower woods and on to the ponds where the American Toads are mating. I picked up a big red-eared slider turtle for all of the kids to inspect and hold. (It was surprisingly calm.
![Confused :scratch:](./images/smilies/icon_scratch.gif)
) Katie caught a toad that everyone got to look at. I can't believe how warm it is outside!
(And Katie has quite the sunburn.
![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
I thought I avoided it this time, but I am realizing that I did not. Apparently, I only wiped a streak of sunscreen on my calves, and they now have the dumbest looking burn ever. One ghost-white strip surrounded by lobster red. And they HURT!)
Anyway, here are pics:
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