the lure of wood

we have been around wood a lot lately. the kids love it and find so many cool things to do with it. sean recently found this stick and after he sanded it down, we both thought that it looked like it had ancient writing on it. it is really cool.

so, we decided we needed more wood! we went in search of some big logs to use as campfire seats but they had disappeared. that didn't stop us. ben decided for us that he needed out of the car so we parked and got out for a little exploration.
ben was so happy to be out of his carseat!!


more wood was was right around the corner as the kids found a really awesome climbing tree!

here's ben finally content enough to head back home.

we even had enough wood to have our first bonfire of the season.