We took Friday night dinner on the road this week and ended up in Nebraska City, home of Arbor Day. It is an amazing little town, full of cool stuff to do and explore.
The Arbor Day Farm Tree Adventure was one of the highlights. We hiked the trails, climbed through tunnels, touched everything, ate lollipops, jumped on bridges, watched a waterfall and played with outdoor Marimbas. Lots of outdoor language rich open-ended play. I have a vision for an outdoor play space in our backyard. Will need to put it on the "to do" list for this winter.
This amazing play space is only limited by one's imagination and oh how Lily's imagination has blossomed in the last few months. She'll pretend to fly on airplanes, drive cars, get candy, throw a ball, get out of a rain storm, talk on the phone, almost anything we can dream up together.
The ability to pretend not only grows her mind, but also grows her language. It enables us to have lots of conversations back and forth about what will happen next, who is coming and how it might taste, just to name a few. What great adventures we have together.
We took Friday night dinner on the road this week and ended up in Nebraska City, home of Arbor Day. It is an amazing little town, full of cool stuff to do and explore.
The Arbor Day Farm Tree Adventure was one of the highlights. We hiked the trails, climbed through tunnels, touched everything, ate lollipops, jumped on bridges, watched a waterfall and played with outdoor Marimbas. Lots of outdoor language rich open-ended play. I have a vision for an outdoor play space in our backyard. Will need to put it on the "to do" list for this winter.
This amazing play space is only limited by one's imagination and oh how Lily's imagination has blossomed in the last few months. She'll pretend to fly on airplanes, drive cars, get candy, throw a ball, get out of a rain storm, talk on the phone, almost anything we can dream up together.
The ability to pretend not only grows her mind, but also grows her language. It enables us to have lots of conversations back and forth about what will happen next, who is coming and how it might taste, just to name a few. What great adventures we have together.