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The day after Thanksgiving instead of rushing to get the Christmas decor up we decided to meet up with our friends, Mike & Laura, for a weekend of camping back at Bull Run. I'll admit, part of me felt like it was weird that I wasn't pulling out the decoration boxes but a bigger part of me loved the idea of sneaking off to the woods and relaxing with family and friends after the hustle and bustle of our Thanksgiving festivities.
We had great weather - not too cold - and were able to spend lots of time outdoors. The kids had fun playing in the leaves, going for walks and riding bikes. We even got to watch the Hokies take on UVA while enjoying the warmth of the campfire and it just so happens that Mike & Laura are also Hokies - so we had a nice cheering section. Oh, and of course they won - 14 years in a row now!
We also introduced Mike & Laura and their cutie pie kids, Elliott & Paige to the fun that is geocaching. We hunted one down in the woods near our camp sites and it was probably the coolest one yet - hidden not on the ground but up in a tree - how clever. The kids all got a kick out of the search and I think we've officially made "gecoachers" out of Elliott & Paige.
It really was the perfect way to wrap up our Thanksgiving - lots of snuggles, jumping in leaves, re-purposing Thanksgiving leftovers and cooking over the fire, and just enjoying the fresh air before diving into the Christmas season.
It just might be a new Thanksgiving tradition...
This unseasonably warm winter has allowed for so much outdoors time for the family. It has also been the perfect weather for Adam and the kiddos next door to work on their fort in the woods. I love that Adam has the opportunity now to spend time in the outdoors, using his imagination and playing with the neighborhood kids (now that there are some!)
A few weekends back during an early morning Walmart trip, Andy couldn't resist getting Adam a full on camo outfit. I'll admit - he does look pretty perfect in it with his walkie talkie, boots, and walking stick.
It was also the perfect outfit for Adam to do some Geocaching in. If you don't know, Geocaching is this fun thing where people hide "treasure" then mark the coordinates on an app and then you go searching for it. When you find a "cache" there is typically a notebook to sign your name and usually some kind of trinket you can take with you (stickers, crayons, marbles - that kind of thing.) We had fun searching for caches near our house and then decided we ought to create our own. Adam loved the idea and so we gathered up some treasures to put in it and he found a great spot off one of the trails near our house to hide it. So far we've had about a dozen people find it and Adam gets such a kick out of looking in his cache to see people's signatures and he's even found that a few people have taken one of his treasures but left a new treasure in its place - so fun.
Looking forward to Geocaching on our various camping trips now - they are everywhere!
