days of our play care

Honestly... I don't know what we'd do without the dirt pile that's out behind the day care.  It is a little walk down our driveway but just far enough away that we've gone somewhere.  The kids and I climb, jump, hunt, run, fall, throw, yell, and imagine.  The pile they are on here is our space ship.  I am on the ground looking for imaginary food.  We get dirty and sometimes a little hot but in the mean time we are all learning a lot.  This day we discovered bird prints and hundreds of tadpoles around the edge of the water.  Fascinating.  We are so lucky to have a big dirt pile in our world.  

By the way, here's a book we read on pond life.

dc days

ahh our first trip to the dirt pile this year.  it has finally dried up enough for us to walk and climb on and not get stuck in the mud.  this trip was actually a week or so ago and much needed. most of my kids were already gone for the day so it was three of us.  we were actually on a bear hunt and took a detour, climbing the highest dirt pile for a better look.  plus we found bear tracks around the dirt pile.  not really.... but really.  we had corn stalk torches that we would pretend went out and had to relight with each other's until we got tired of toting them.  here's our song... or bear hunt chant rather.

we're going on a bear hunt, one two three

we're going on a bear hunt, you and me

we're going on a bear hunt, wait and see

we're going on a bear hunt, what's in that tree!

the last part would startle them because i would point and yell... hehe  not everyone has this much fun at work i don't think.  i like to hunt for arrowheads of which i found a piece of one that day (not pictured)

like me... they come back with pockets full of treasures.