Church Weekend

Since Friday was a holiday, we headed up to our church weekend in the mountains Thursday evening.

During this time of year, the mornings are clear and sunny, and the weather can turn  in the afternoon. So, outside activities took place in the mornings.

Much to the delight of the kids, our first major activity Friday morning was burning stuff.

Branches and leaves had been collected during previous work weeks and put in piles. But they were damp and needed a great deal of tending to actually burn.

Some people worked on raking leaves, some tended the fire, some stood around chatting (me). But Anna was totally into the yard work.

I guess as a city kid, the opportunity to play with fire for a few hours was too good to resist. There was adult supervision of the fire, mind you.

 She did a lot of hauling leaves and branches to the fire. Lots and lots. For hours.

In sensory processing language, this kind of activity is called a heavy work activity, and it's very good for her on multiple levels. Throughout the weekend, she would head out and fill up the wheelbarrow and push it around. If our yard was big enough, I would be thinking at this point about getting her wheelbarrow for Christmas. Just kidding, but still...

She worked so hard Friday morning that she said she was sleepy near the end of lunch. So we went up to our room to have a little rest and she feel fast asleep for a couple hours. I dozed off too (all that chatting, you know).

On another note, my computer is making an odd noise, so I'm taking it in to get it quieted down today. Hoping it doesn't take too long, but there may be no new posts for several days.