more letterboxing...

It's official, the kids and I are slightly obsessed. We went out again yesterday and found three more letterboxes. We're taking a break today so I can catch up on laundry and housekeeping. Plus, momma's lily white arms got sunburned so they need a break from the heat...the upside of the sunburn is my farmers tan will be evened out.



These are the boxes we hunted:

Camelot: Heraldry and the Enchanter Merlin

Queen of Grapes



All of yesterday's boxes were really well done. Directions were challenging for the kids, but very clear. The boxes were all either covered in camo duct tape (gotta get me some of that stuff for when we do a box) or spray painted camo style. All of the boxes were buried under good sized rocks. Two of the boxes even had leather hand bound log books. The boys were very impressed with those books..."we'll do ours like this, won't we mom." Of course we will.



Molly was very intrigued by the bark of this oak tree. She was also intrigued by every rock and beer cap she came across. She has turned into quite the little magpie in the last few days...if it's shiny and covered in dirt, she's going to pick it up and then she's going to stuff it into a bag or ask somebody to put it in her pocket.



They all played in the dirt during the "boring" parts. In case you're wondering, the boring parts are when I'm stamping the log book, putting everything back into their respective baggies or re-planting the letterbox.

Friends, I'm here to tell you, this is fun stuff. Even when it's miserably hot while we're doing it.