Muddy puddles

We have recently discovered a real love for the woods, we try to go once or twice a week, so much so that the boys now have to wear waterproofs as the lure of muddy puddles is too much to resist. My dream is to have a cabin in Swithland woods (could be a reality if I mount a serious enough campaign to convince my other half...) so we can spend as much time there as we want. The boys are not interested in going for walks, they want to be part of the woods, they want to pick up every single leaf and twig, they want to experience the place, not just pass through it as us adults seem to do. We can pick a spot and stay there for hours, it's wonderful! And they are learning so much about the natural world, I cannot even begin to list the things we discuss. The other day I took them to the playground in the village where we live, they both ignored swings, slides and climbing frames and instead decided to climb the trees and make a "campfire" with twigs and leaves. And we haven't even started on dens yet!
























This was taken at Watermead County Park, we've just discovered the north entrance with more dinosaur sculptures including a giant woolly mammoth, this has led to getting books from the library about mammoths and finding out about ice ages.