Today, I was looking after a friend's children, and decided to take a trip to the local park to buy eggs from the animal park there, and take advantage of the gorgeous warm and sunny day we had.
Whilst walking through the park Evan loved noticing the magical affect of the frost on the surroundings; from the whiteness and shining of the path providing an immediate I've skating rink, to the drips from the bench where the sun melted the frost, the crunch of the grass, the circle of ice found in a manhole cover and to the puddles which could be ice rink for the faeries. Autumn was fascinated by little things on our journey too, though a little peeved at having to walk.
These captured moments made me realise that since we now have a second car we walk far less, and live a much busier life than before. Perhaps we should cut down our car usage and have outings on car free day once a week. So we can chat and smell the roses again.
We met our friends in the park, fed the animals, with one super hungry or greedy llama, played in the playground, encountered and was chased by a giant chicken with blue, red and green feathers, who seemingly followed us home, and called to his friends to visit too!
Later me and the girls had a nice time cuddling the guinea pigs, I ended up with both of them very settled on me whilst I drank tea and read a book. Bliss!
Fun was had by all throughout the afternoon, topped off with a bit of outdoor play.
Thank you magnificent weather, thank you wonderful children, thank you brilliant park, thank you industrious chickens for our 2 dozen eggs, and thank you to home education for this marvellous opportunity.
a lovely post Beth. Days like that are really magical.xx
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