Dirty Rainbows and Milo, the Deer

This morning at our walk in the Nature Park, we took the Big Fir Trail and went on an "animal hunt". Leila found several deer tracks. We were sure they were all around us, but we couldn't see them because they were dressed in brown, unlike us, dressed in blue and pink(Leila's thought process of course). We heard a lot of birds though, thinking they were either talking about a party they were going to have later tonight(my interpretation), or telling us to be quiet or we would scare the deer off(Leila's interpretation- where did she get that from...). Halfway thru the walk, Leila turned into Milo, a brave deer, who led us back to the van.

Nathan was pretty quiet and didn't want to run or walk ahead like Leila did and held my hand most of the time. He spotted lot of "people's" out on the trail and told me to to keep my eyes peeled for pine cones, and boy were there a lot. He also spotted several "dirty rainbows" on the trails. I was impressed with his ability to put his vocabulary together that way in a way that made total sense. How wonderful it is to live so close to a bit of nature in an urban world.




They love eachother!




Here they are standing under a "dirty rainbow"

















Here is "Milo" leading us to safety. If you notice her hands are up on her head- her swords- and if we get too close we will get poked (A formal warning or somthing).

(He is just so cute!)