A love for all critters

 Lauren loves all critters here at the beach.  She brought a caterpillar to the beach today.  It was held and loved on and carried around in a bucket.  It was given the opportunity to swim in a small cup.  Surprisingly it was still  able to move once we told her that it was "done" swimming and preferred to be on dry land.  She also had her daily catch of small crabs ( 4 today).  The crabs were sent home as we left the beach.  The caterpillar was brought to the pool and then set free in the flower garden.  Then...she found a frog at the pool.  She held it and gave it some love.  The frog was put back by the fence after some good quality Lauren time.  She is really gentle with her creatures.