Jumping into 2023 Outdoors

​Adventure Club is just into one week of 2023.  On Tuesday we welcomed a new teacher, Liz, who has hit the ground running.  She is a mom to 1st grader, Redding, who has also joined our group, and 6th grader, Waylon.  It’s been fun getting to know her.  Kids have enjoyed lots of building this past week – fairy houses, nature art and even a couch! I was able to interest one kiddo in candle making, which we thoroughly enjoyed, but the rest of the kids were really into their building and nature art projects.  Group games have included favorites, Foxtails and Run, Rabbit, Run. The kids also finished an Amazing Race challenge that involved a scavenger hunt using maps, and a series of small challenges in groups. They always do great with teamwork. It is just a joy to play with them.  Monday we were deluged with rain just as school got out. Once again, the kids were troopers.  We quickly set up shelters with tarps on the playground and retreated under them for snack. The rain let up later and we walked to a lovely bit of woods in Frink Park where we made more shelters, dug up some english ivy and planted a baby Madrone tree that we found out of the ground with roots intact.  Pretty great start to a new year!