Missouri Wildlife

A couple of weeks ago, the kids and I went to Missouri.  We had a mini vacation of sorts.  We went to Silver Dollar City in Branson.  I took the kids on the cave tour.  It was Zadok's first time in a cave and he really liked it.  We also did various things around the house, like picnics and hand painting fabrics.
The kids went a couple of days before I went down, because I had a really nasty ear infection.  When they got to the house, this was in the yard:

I do not think peacocks are native to Missouri.  Seems to hanging around the place still.


The kids went to Bryant Creek to swim while staying with the grandparents.  Iris has a weird ability to catch animals.  This time she was catching fish with Cheetos.  She would float the Cheeto in the water, wait for a fish to come nibble and then catch it with a net or a plastic bag.  She caught three fish in a very short amount of time.

She also caught a crawdad.  I have not seen one striped like this before.

She also caught the smallest frog that I have ever seen. 

 No animals were harmed in making this post and all creatures were released back into the wild.