It was a beautiful spring day, perfect for a surprise invite for a walk in the woods. The trail was a bit mucky but once we got past them it was wonderfully smooth. The highlight for the kids was burying a friend in grass and collecting pine cones. The highlight for me was the kids sowing my the network of groundhog holes they found. While we have seen many holes, this was the first time seeing them cleaned out. At some of the openings there were piles of pine cone chips, groundhog bedding that had been pushed out of the holes. Later we noticed the large amount of pine cone centers that had obviously kept this groundhog busy deseeding! Walking back to the cars at the end of the walk we did see the groundhog running around!
What never ceases to amaze me is the type of play that happens when we go to the woods versus when we go to the park. While the kids would never refuse a park day, they would easily choose a park with a wooded area or the woods over a park. If the park has a wooded area it is to the trees they very quickly gravitate. Their play never tires in the trees, their imagination never bores.
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