winter walk

elias took his pocket knife along, he loves it and has a good grip on it. from carving pikes to sawing off branches from our christmastree and pocking holes in cardboard boxes...


elma lewis playhouse at franklin park, one of the many treasures in the park which is not well known! we love to climb and enjoy the stone walls. once we came to a jazz concert, organized by franklin park coalition, in the middle of a hot summer in boston. it was amazing fun and a cool breeze was refreshing us all the while. as for today, it was cold and breeze but the sun was out and warmed us up.

of course joel had to take his boomerang along to get some good troughs at the playstead. this open field is very likely the best place for such activities. not many people were out that day but we really enjoyed it. we have seen cross country races in this area of the park. been to multicultural music activities during summer vacation and often just strolling around.

we made it! the old bear den's. one of the prime spots in the park. the kids really like to play among the old cages. they are huge and with lots of old gates and even some tunnels to hide in.

this is as elias calls it the "penguin cage" with almost all the spikes still there, but lots of them bent and crooked. it's a bit creepy and the kids do show some respect in regards of climbing around these spikes. there is a talk coming up about the conservation of the area.

we of course had to check on the elias cache one of our kids geo caches..... this has become a fun and sporty activity over the past years. every time we check on a cache it's very exiting and fun.