Healthy kids.... Play outside

I have recently read several articles that highlight the many health benefits of outdoor play. Furthermore, I find it quite sad that so many kids don't spend much time at all playing outside today. What a blessing it is for our kids to have so many great outdoor play opportunities right outside our door.
A long but great article about the benefits of unstructured outdoor play
http://www.childrenandnature.org/downloads/C&NNHealthBenefits2012.pdf

Snapshots of nature