Spontaneous Adventure

We randomly went on an adventure today an it was so fun!  We went out for lunch and on the way home both sleepy boys fell asleep so I decided to drive around a while and let them rest.  We ended up at a park that I have wanted to check out for several months but we've been putting it off because it's kind of out of the way.  As I was driving around the park L woke up and started excitedly saying, "Park!  Park!"  So we got out to explore a bit and ended up staying a while.  J was happy to ride on my chest in the Ergo so it worked out perfectly.  The first thing L did was check out the mud puddles.  It was great, he was ecstatic to have some mud to jump in.

After enjoying the puddles by himself he stood in one for a minute and then pointed to it and said, "Mommy."  Want to know what I did?  I fought that little voice inside of me that was telling me all of the reasons not to jump in the puddle and I jumped right in with him.  It's amazing how kids can take something as simple as mud and make it magical.  We splashed and laughed until both of us were covered in cold, muddy water.  :)

After we were sufficiently soaked, L decided we should go for a walk.  I followed him around for a while and the he found a bug.  He was delighted to find a bug too lol, he bent down and watched it for a couple of minutes, his focus always amazes me!

After that we played with the water pump in the background of that picture a little bit, unfortunately no water would come out.  Then L discovered something that he's never seen in his short life.  These things are rare now and he was absolutely fascinated with it haha.

A pay phone!  He must have played with that thing for 20 minutes or more lol.  Shortly after he finished exploring the pay phone my husband showed up and joined us in our fun.  He and L found a long stick that they used to reach high up on this tree we were standing by.  It doesn't sound like much, but they had a blast.

  Then, L began to gather bark off of the tree since it was peeling off and he said that he wanted to take it home so I found a bag in the car for him to put it all in.  I'm really interested to see what he will do with it tomorrow, he's so creative so I bet it will be something unexpected.

Before we left the park we explored a tunnel which was quite a bit of fun.  L likes tunnels now and makes them for his cars out of one of the Waldorf toys we have.  We experimented with echoes and walked back and forth through the tunnel several times.  It was a great adventure for the whole family!