Ah, it's such a lovely sentiment, reminding one to take the time to notice the small beauties in our increasingly busy-paced and hectic lives. When walking with toddlers, however, it's not a suggestion, it's an imperative! You are forced to stop for many different kinds of "flowers"...
On our way to pick up Lucas from school, here's what Elena and I stopped for:
- pipes coming out of our building,
- a huge piece of rubber from a decimated tire,
- dried poo,
- cigarette butts,
- rocks and gravel (which went promptly to her mouth)
- discarded plastic packaging
It's quite amazing what children find interesting, and how long it can take to walk a short distance if we really let them stop and discover the world around them.
But soon enough they'll be running ahead of us and will have to wait for us to catch up. So for now I'm content to go slow, stop and smell the weeds and see the world through one-year-old eyes every once in a while.
After all, we were only two minutes late getting Lucas. ;)
Two minutes late???? What did you do, walk around the block three times? :)
ReplyDeleteAs long as it was just the rocks and gravel that Elena tried to put in her mouth and not some of the other items on your list!
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