After weeks of glorious sunshine, this week brought a shift — back to classic Scottish weather, with rain, grey skies and resulting soggy boots.
The forecast for Thursday in particular promised a full day of rain — and it delivered! Nevertheless we packed the trolley, waterproofed up, and headed to the woods. And, despite the wet forecast which promised us mud, puddles, and downpours — we also got something much more.
We visited our Bendy Tree site where some children immediately remembered playing in their “house.” Their “house” quickly turned into a “party house”, complete with cake, presents (Paw Patrol and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and even a peanut butter machine. Our children (and grown ups) splashed through the burn, climbed slippery slopes (and slid back down again), made cakes out of mud and even discovered a frog hiding in a hollow (we made him his own special cake).
Later, someone passing by remarked — a little surprised — “You’re not out in this weather are you?” And it reminded me again: if we let the forecast decide for us, imagine all we’d miss.
At Cambusbarron Village Nursery, we believe children don’t flourish in spite of the weather — they flourish through it. In downpours and in sunshine, in laughter and challenge, in all the messy, marvellous moments that nature offers.
So here’s to the splashers, the puddle jumpers, the slope sliders, the ones who find joy even before the sun comes out. Here’s to flourishing — in all weathers.
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