Going on a bear hunt

How fun! Today was "walk to school" day in Essex! There were three locations that students could meet and walk in together. We were originally going to walk from the closest location (because our kindergartener wasn't up to the challenge), but at the last minute decided to walk from the movie theater, which is about a mile and a half away. What a great choice! On the way, we saw a bear cub up in a tree about 50 yards off the road! The children (and adults) were all pretty excited! The tree was in a horse pen, and I will have you know that the two horses had their eyes fixed on that bear! They were pacing. How often do you get that kind of opportunity?? It was just a neat way to start the day! And Nick was the only kindergartener in our group, so he got to share the news with his whole class!