I'm a little late with this post, but I hope everyone had a good mother's day! It was a day to slow down, leave the dishes, leave the laundry, and just appreciate being a mother. We packed a lunch and headed to the local state park (Ridley Creek) for a picnic and a hike. Luckily the weather was nice so the kids were free to skip rocks in the creek, splash in puddles, and collect flowers and rocks by the mud without fear of them freezing to death when they got wet. My son stopped to pet every dog that walked by, crying "Lucy! Lucy!" because every dog apparently is named Lucy. He stomped in every puddle he came across. My daughter climbed on rocks in the water, and with her being the clumsy one, I was shocked that she didn't fall in. (Although she did slide down a muddy hill once or twice.) Sometimes it's hard for me to let the kids go and let them get dirty. I think about the muddy, dirty laundry I will have to do and the baths I will have to give and I cringe. But it was a good day for me to relax and let them be kids.
A day out doesn't have to cost a lot of money to be memorable. This day of being out in nature, just walking the trails and pushing the kids on the swings and hiking with them through the woods cost no money at all, but the time spent is invaluable. They had so much fun we are already planning a time to go back.
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