Arkansas calls itself The Natural State, which is a nice way of saying “there’s nothing here”.

But when you’re the soon-to-be mother of two young children, “natural” is a wonderful word. When we lived in Cumming, GA I had to drive at least 20 minutes to find a decent park. Here, I can drive about 5 minutes in any direction from our house and find a great place for Xander to run around. And that’s only when he gets bored with the large, flat, fenced backyard.

I love watching Xander discover new things about what his body can do and about the world around him.