So, one miserable and rainy day, I had a little 4 year old who was driving me insane and needed to get out of the house. Fine. I grabbed our coats and gumboots and off we went to Ballam Park...
Due to the rain, the park was deserted, we had the place to ourselves. Might become 'our thing' to go to the park in the rain, it was awesome. Loki was able to play freely....
... while River giggled away in the pram...
Once Loki had had enough of the playground, we were able to explore other areas of the park...
We made some very cool discoveries...
We learnt about the life cycle of trees! I explained to Loki how the oak trees had dropped their acorns in Autumn, they lay on the ground over Winter, and now that Spring was coming they had begun to send out roots into the ground and sprout little leaves. Loki found this all very fascinating, and i felt so super awesome, that i could totally rock the whole homeschooling thing if we ever decided that it was for us.
We saw the signs of spring coming...
But who would have thought that Balam Park could be so beautiful even on a wet, wintery day...
We had such a great time, and I could see in Loki how enriching these experiences were for him...
My gorgeous, clever, gentle boy, who loves flowers and exploring in the rain xx
We collected some of the acorns to take home and continue our lesson...
Here is what they looked like that day, August 18th.
And here they are now...
Peace out xxx
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