Getting Dirty

We headed out to the strawberry fields again on Wednesday for what I thought would be a quick little outing. The strawberries were sweeter after just a couple days of good sun. We brought Sam with us and met Lisa at the fields a bit later. The kids were very excited that Sam was able to stay and play for the day. Lisa was busy getting her house on the market and preparing for trek so we convinced her to leave Sam with us. He's such a fun little kid and so easy going. We went to Tolt McDonald park and played on the bridge and followed a little trail down to the water.

The kids were having so much fun digging trenches, throwing rocks, and looking for fishing worms that they didn't want to break for lunch but they were very hungry. After we had exausted our snacks, we decided to go eat at Remlinger Farms. There aren't too many options in the tiny town of Carnation. With all the trains and toys at Remlinger, that little lunch turned into a two hour event. After lunch, I bought some canning jars and other materials in the country store and we headed back to the river. When we finally headed home around 4:30, everyone was filthy, my car was a sight to behold full of peanut shells and strawberry stems, and the kids were worn out. These are the kind of summer days I love. It made me so thankful that I held off on scheduling lots of summer camps and classes this year for the kids. There were some day campers from Wilderness Awareness (a camp I almost enrolled the girls in) playing in the river near us, but they were there doing exactly what we were doing...getting dirty, exploring, and being kids. I was happy to be there with all of my kids and to observe their love and curiosity in the outdoors. We had no where to be and the day just evolved into this wonderful little adventure. Sam spent the night with us and is going to stay and play all day today. I am going to tackle the garage. Not so fun but I've gotta get started.