Damming up the Stream

I love that my kids can go outside and think of things to do and play and make and explore.  WE have this little stream that goes across the very back corner of our land, nothing big, but the kids have spent hours playing in it.  Brookie and Brady used their creative juices to figure out how to dam up this stream.  They used a tarp, a dish like stone rain catcher thingy and voila!!! They covered up the culvert as best they could and waited for the magic to happen.  It was so fun watching them go and check on it every couple of hours to see how much water had backed up.  They got the camera and even recorded when they let the dam up.  The water "gushed" out, (not really) but it was pretty fun for them and I love that they are able to do things like this out here.  Some days I feel overwhelmed at all the work there is to do, but this is the reason we decided to move out here.  Along with learning how to work hopefully our kids will also learn how to play together, explore and love the earth that we have been given.