MsI wanted to return to Clementi Park with all the girls.

Rather than taking the easy route and sticking to the bus we knew, MsC talked me into using Google Maps to take any bus in the hopes of saving a few minutes. We ended up on a very different bus route, dropped off out of sight of the park, and I kind of just went with my gut feel about which direction to head. It should have saved us 5 minutes, in reality it added about a 15 minute walk to our adventure because we were heading to the opposite end of the long park. But we still did find the park.

MsI was not impressed that where we entered the park looked different than last time. She wouldn't believe me that I hadn't brought us to the wrong park until we arrived all the way at the nature playground.

As we walked, our Helper pointed out a Weaver Ant's Nest in the tree. These ants nest only in trees. They fold the leaves into rounded structures sticking the leaves together with a glue like substance to make their nest. You can notice the nest by the rounded over leaves which are the nest; all the other leaves on the tree stick straight out. MsE did not stick around long to check it out. She is not a fan of ants.  

MsI loved being able to show her sisters all the parts of the playground. After the tour, MsC was bored at the nature playground, but she had enjoyed the walk there. She spent her time writing a story she's been working on. Despite wishing she would join in, I did agree with her that a grassy hill was a nice place to write.

MsE and MsI loved this spot. They spent their time trying to make a dam. I resisted the urge to tell them how to stop the water. They found that the water slipped right past the first pebbles they used, so they added more pebbles which slowed the water down, but it still drained away quickly. An added leaf helped create a pool and a much slower trickle of water.

MsE then tried finding actual holes in the dam and stuffing pebbles into where she though the water was coming through. At one point the little girls took everything apart and started again by adding a piece of wood first before beginning to add pebbles again. They noticed that the wood didn't seem to help much, even though the wood was observed to have no holes in it.

When the dam had been tweaked long enough that a good pool of water would gather and only the tiniest trickle of water flowed out, we talked about how they would have needed to find something smaller than the pebbles so the water couldn't fit through.

Around this time they also noticed that the water on the ground went quickly through the pebbles, but when they removed the pebbles they saw that the water still seeped through the sand underneath, although much more slowly.

We walked down to the plastic playground for a snack before catching the bus back home.