The weather was cloudy and, at times, a little misty, but it wasn't bad enough to keep us from having a lot of outdoor fun. Chris managed to do some delectable cooking over the open fire, using his cast iron Dutch ovens.
The kids and I tossed around a football for awhile after our big Thanksgiving meal.
Here is a photo of Robert, swinging on one of the hammocks - just before his Mom noticed, and scolded, " ROBERT! That's not a swing!"
And here's Clara, speed-solving her Rubik's Cube - with some strange lady photobombing my shot! Haha.
Later Kelsey, Clara, Robert and I went to Fairview Cemetery, where we did some letterboxing. Letterboxing is a "treasure hunt" style outdoor activity. Letterboxers hide small, weatherproof boxes in publicly-accessible places (like parks) and post clues to finding the boxes online. We successfully followed clues to four different caches on this outing! Now that I've shared in a letterboxing experience, I may just have to get into it on my own! (more info on letterboxing here.)
Inside each letterbox will be found a handmade rubber stamp and a small logbook. When you go hunting for letterboxes, you bring with you your own logbook and personal rubber stamp, as well. The stamp found in the letterbox is used to imprint a record of your find in your own logbook. And you use your personal rubber stamp to leave a record of your find in the letterboxer's logbook. Then the box is re-sealed and hidden in the exact spot, so it can be found sometime later by another letterboxer.
As we were leaving Fairview Cemetery, we stopped to read this memorial to the Texas Rangers, 15 of whom are buried here.
Whenever Robert wasn't busy with something else, he picked up his guitar and played for us. I think he's doing really well, considering he's only been taking lessons for three or four months. But best of all ... he's loving it!
Clara, in her spare time was making friendship bracelets, using embroidery thread (see photo above). I came home wearing my own bracelet. Thank you Clara!
