God's Creation

As many of you know our family homeschools. I have really enjoyed having my boys home and teaching them. It is fun to see how each of my children learn and be able to tailor my teaching accordingly. A few weeks back we took a break from school to eat lunch and noticed that there was a squirrel right outside our back sliding glass door. He appeared to be very focused on eating and didn't seem to notice us. We laid down on our stomachs and watched this squirrel for at least 30 minutes. It was fascinating to see a squirrel that close up. They usually see us and scurry away so this was a treat. We were able to observe things that we wouldn't normally have seen. We saw how course his hair was, how long his toes were, this particular squirrel looked like it had been in a fight, because his ear was badly scarred. We watched how he held his food as he ate it, how his ears perked up when he heard a sound, how timid and quick his movements were, etc. It was amazing to see God's creation that close up and be able to see how uniquely God had made this squirrel. This was a great teaching moment......FUN and educational :-)