A little practice

Last weekend, or the weekend before (honestly, who can keep track), Margaret and Sarah got together to sew.  Margaret brought Sebastian and Zhora was there, too, for some reason.  Anyway, after Zach and I got back from our bike ride (see preceding post), I took the kids outside so that the ladies could focus.  We had a lovely morning!

After we explored the yard and found some magic wands to make the flowers grow faster and climbed some trees to look for birds, we went into the woods outside the fence to look for paths.  We found a path that led to a river with a waterfall and to a fallen down tree that was fun to climb on and also a treasure.  Then we learned the phrase widow-maker, and got out of that area and talked about how much wind it might take to bring the widow-maker down.

Then it was time to throw some rocks.

First we threw rocks that we found near the swimming hole. 

But I knew a spot where we could get bigger rocks, so we took a little walk!

We threw some more small rocks on our way.

And some more.

Then we found the really big rocks to throw.  There were so many that we wanted to throw that it was hard to carry them all!  We worked together and got them back and threw some big ones and made some great splashes and kerplunks.

Of course we had to wash our feet off in the river!  The water was cool and clear.

At home, Sarah and Margaret had finished their blankets and it was time to bring in the laundry.

Then it was off to Jenn and Bob's to spot some turnkeys, tell some stories, and eat some good grilled food.  What a great way to spend a Sunday!