These Days

Blake has always enjoyed being outside, but recently his love of the great outdoors has reached new heights. He always wants to be outside. He marches to the front door & points at it emphatically with whiney little grunts. Once outside, the best toys are leaves & branches & rocks. He finds a good stick & walks around poking everything. Yesterday he worked on displacing an entire gravel walkway. Blake collects leaves with Grandma & brings them inside to display on the shelves. A neighbor brought over a little broom just Blake's size, so he can help push leaves around. Our porch is decorated with a variety of sticks & leaves, casualties of the inevitable battle to return home. 

So, we get outside, even when the weather is crummy. We are very thankful for gifted & thrifted warm coats & hats, dry rain suits & shoes.

I found an 18 month snowsuit at the Goodwill last week & am now on the hunt for toddler size 6 rain boots.