Outdoor Fun

It's mid-October in South Central Alaska. We are overdue for our first snowfall. The average date of Anchorages's first measurable snowfall (.1" or more) is October 17th. We've had rain instead--hence the worm hunt. The up side of warmer weather is that we took the children to the playground on Saturday. They had a great time climbing on the equipment and playing tag with their opa. The boys love playing tag with their dad or opa. It's way more fun that playing with the womenfolk.


On the way home from the playground Bentley asked to go mushroom hunting. We tried telling him that mushroom season is over, but he didn't believe us. Opa wanted to seek out a waterfall to photograph. Jake thought the waterfall sounded more fun than mushroom hunting. I assured the boys that they could do both. Opa took Viva and I home and headed back out with the boys. They had a grand time in the woods.

Viva opted out of going with opa so that she could check out the young women's activity her mom was hostessing. There were five junior high aged girls at our home and Viva found them fascinating. She sat in a chair and stared at them for over an hour.