This is what it looks like when the kids get themselves dressed and ready for a hike. Mark is, in fact, wearing a hat and then his biking helmet. The reason for this is he wanted to find rocks to climb and have his head protected if he fell. Also, that bag he is carrying is an apron with zippered pockets that Auntie Lisa made him for christmas. It is up over his shoulder because he has SO much stuff in it (cars and rocks) that we can't tie it tight enough to keep it on his waist.
We found a rock to climb :)
me "Mark, what are you doing"
Mark "Blowing up ants"
me "umm, what?"
Mark "Gavin said that if you look at a ant with a magnifying glass it will blow up, so I am blowing up ants"
me "no" Followed by a discussion of how the sun is hot, magnifying glasses work, and how we don't try to kill other things, even ants.
I want to go this way
