Wild Summertime Adventures

I've been noticing how joyful I feel when I let myself play outside with children. I think I always knew how freeing, creative, and interesting it is to find treasures and adventures in nature, but this summer I've been reveling in it with my kids. After a long, cold spring and a desperate need for some sun, I decided early in the season to enjoy our short summer as much as possible. Then after reading Last Child In The Woods, I felt even more certain about spending our summer exploring outside. Since then I've been on an adventure to search out cool spots, create with sticks and rocks, play in water, dig in dirt and mud, hide under low trees, and generally allow myself to explore. The most exciting thing is that adventures happen where I least expect them to.

In what appears to be just a giant field with a plastic playground, we found a hidden mud spot where we got nice and dirty.

Then we washed off in a perfect kid-sized wading pool made by a small rainwater flood in the grass.

Adventures can even be found in the backyard with a bucket, some dirt and some water.


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