Castle Rock Regional Park

We spent a few days last weekend discovering an amazing local park.  Well, Corey and Natalie discovered it years ago, but this was Audrey's and my first visit.  It's called Castle Rock Regional Park and there are trails and picnic areas, basketball courts and streams, huge oaks and green hills and it's just a lovely place to spend the day. 

Corey and Natalie love to bike around, climb enormous oak trees and explore some pretty remarkable rocks.  They adventured there together on Sunday and then I took the girls back on their scooters on Monday and they had a great time.  This park is a 5 minute drive from our house and while the small parking always seems to be full,  we feel like we have it mostly to ourselves while we're there.  So fun.

 yup...that's just one big giant tree.

Lost in Fog and Fiction

January hasn't brought any rain, but it has been filled with a lot of foggy mornings.  Our walk to school some mornings looks pretty eerie.

And Natalie has turned into such a little reader.  She'll just sit and absorb books; some that she's read before, or had read to her, and others that she's discovering for the first time. Her current favorites are the Ivy and Bean series, the Never Girls series and any Beverly Cleary book about Ramona.  She also pours through her animal encyclopedia and her new Bible from Nana.  And it's awesome listening to her read to Audrey, who sits as patiently as her little busy body will sit to listen.

So fun to be raising a reader!