So what do you do when it is grey, the ground is frozen and a lot of the parks are not very inspiring to be in with little snow? Well this has been the case in Toronto lately. We have had some mild days and some really cold days with little snow. Not, very inspiring to get out and play. Leigh knows what to do on a day like this.
My son and I went to a park near where we live. To be honest, the park play structures are not very good so we rarely go to this park. They are old and outdated, which is a common problem with many parks in Toronto. However, it is a beautiful setting along the Mimico creek, so we decide to check out the new winter beauty. My son told me that the activity we did that day was his “berry most favorite thing to do.” Guess what it is?
Exploring the outdoors in search of forts to hang out in. We found an old fort with wood stairs hammered into a tree and a roof attached (likely really old and not something I would do or use but neat to see for a kid), plus, we built one of our own.
Part of the fun was looking for natural areas that just looked like forts. This is great for your child’s imagination. In total we must of spent 3 hours outside that day. Neither of us got bored. Really cool fun.
PS- This picture was taken a day later; we took dad to see it. The game was for him to find the fort (by playing a game of hot and cold). He did find that fort (although he can’t find anything around the house, but that is another story). The hockey stick pictured here is the fort flag. We were all really proud that day. We built a fort.
Leigh Mitchell, is mother of two charming boys and a wonderful husband. Leigh is a marketing professional in the recreation field. She is also a blogger who writes
She also writes www.marketing4moms.com, a web site dedicated to mom entrepreneurs with discussions about marketing, social media and job ideas for the inspiring mom entrepreneur in the making.When she is not blogging or working, you can find her spending time with her family in the great outdoors (where there are no computers around).
