Let’s find some adventure with Leather Adventure Bags!

We are all meant to be naturalists, each to his own degree, and it is inexcusable to live in a world so full of the marvels of the plant and animal life and to care for none of these things. ~Charlotte Mason

The sun finally showed itself today and brought with it some lovely temperatures. We grabbed our leather Adventure Bags and  took school outside to enjoy this first really spring-y day. Our Adventure Logs give us a little direction with ideas of what to see and ideas of just what to search.

The pigs were loafing about, also enjoying the warm air and sunshine. They don’t have much time left to enjoy it, though! A few of them wandered over to say hello and beg for a snack.

We hiked down to the bottom of our woods, ostensibly in search of young spring nettles. We never found the nettles – they must not be up yet, as new growth is always a little slow on our north slope – but we found tons of beautiful foliage, moss, and water in the tiny creek bed.

The nature journals and leather Adventure Bags were abandoned in favor of mud!

Water in the creek bed, of course, means mud. So. Much. Mud. The girls were covered head to toe. But the giggles were worth the mess. I guess it’s time to de-winterize that outdoor shower I always tease my husband for building!