Collecting Stuff

This morning was misty and chilly - about 10 degrees celcius.  The desire to stay under the blanket on the couch was there, but the plan was a walk in the woods, so we dragged ourselves out.  We went to the Wandelbos in Tilburg ...there is a lot in these woods, namely a ramshackle kinderboerderij with stone castle and pancake house (Zeven Geitjes), another kinderboerderij without play area and an outdoor park with amongst other things some tunnels.  But we just walked today and collected sticks, pinecones..ag the usual stuff.  The reason for this was of course for fun, but also for the collections we are working on. 

Finally a bottle of pinecones...you can also see some shells there...and here are some more shells and rocks collected recently at Domburg Beach in Zeeland

Tiger loves collecting and also has a bottle cap and bottle top collection to name a few.  Cricket prefers to collect stones.  Oh yes, so if you are interested, below I have added some pictures of Domburg beach.  What a fabulous afternoon we had.  It was brisk if that is the right term...about 17 degrees, but forget brisk it was freezing on the beach and I felt quite bad that I had only dressed the kids in shorts and fleeces.  It was joyous is the only word to describe it, walking in that bracing wind, collecting sea treasures, laughing and shouting at one another.  We stopped for hot soup and tostis at the beach restaurant which is situated right there in the middle of the sand on stilts...awesome!