help arrives in the beautiful form of mindertins

mindertins was rad enough to take initiative and plan a date for us today. we were both going to meet in the middle at the "imagination station" in reading. we arrived only to find this glorious sign: "this facility is closed per order of the board of health." yum! safe! healthy! um, no. so we decided (well, we had to convince the kiddies first not to bust through the warning signs to get to the park) to move our adventures elsewhere.

we ended up a town or two over, deep in the forest (trying to escape the buggies)- impromptu letterboxing adventures! our kids took to each other immediately- no awkward introductions there. they were like two little hippie spirits frolicking in the forest, finding hidden treasures, stamping away, identifying (sort of) mushrooms (aka: is that a wild mushroom?) everyone but mindy and joey ended up taking off either their pants or pannies- peeing in the forest can lead to that. luckily, mindy is a pro and not only carries tissues but doesn't pee on herself! kudos!

this was just the therapy i needed...light coming through the trees and all. perfect day, perfect company.

despite this sick and feverish little one. i feel so bad for him- he's never been sick before. not even quite sure what's wrong with him. i knew something was up this morning when he was actually snuggly. not a good sign. very feverish but i was hoping the forest would do him good, like me. no luck. he just got a good dose of tylenol and now is in bed. i keep peeking in to make sure he's still breathing. not used to seeing my babes sick.

here's my girl teaching the babes to whistle through an acorn. my soul sister!

thanks mindertins, for saving me from yet another day of being stuck in the house! we must, we must get together again soon and let our wild ones play.