Growing up in a small town in Indiana, I spent most of my time at my cousin’s farm and at a creek near our home exploring, learning, getting dirty, running my own little experiments with all of the cool things we encountered that day, bringing home new pets (which mom always loved) … wow, so many fun memories are coming back!  Today’s world seems so different with all the technology and sometimes I am sad because it seems to take a lot of effort to get outside and actually play and have fun.  So I say, let them play and get dirty and explore …