Big Kid Playground

What else would you want to do on a late-December day but climb around on a playground?  Hot cocoa and a movie, sure- but that only lasts to the end of the cup or the credits.  My eyes glaze like indoor donuts when I've been inside too long.  


I frolicked recently at a particularly good playground with two of my dearest friends.  It was right on the ocean and the wind was a-blowin - that stuff makes you feel alive!  We wore our long-johns and scratchy wool hats.  

There was an inviting boardwalk we ran along, our footsteps thundering along the wood, for front row seats to the wave show.  

I collected driftwood (I have the crafty-meets-physics ambition of creating a driftwood-and-mussel-shell mobile.  More on that in a later post...) and my friend played on a driftwood log.

It may seem like a good idea to stay inside (and some days it is!) but I've never been sad to have lungs full of crisp air and play in an interactive world I can't get on my couch.