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I’m breaking from March’s Fishful Thinking Resilience theme because I felt compelled to go on a Nature Sense Walk with AJ this week.

We’re spending more time outside, the kids are stretching those Winter-tired muscles, and I am enjoying letting some fresh air into the house.

Earlier this week, as AJ and I were walking back home from the elementary school after dropping the other kids off for the day, I was overwhelmed by the evidences of Spring. And, in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, we decided to make our walk home into a “green” Nature Sense Walk. We looked around for everything green. First, we noticed the obvious: grass, leaves, needles, plants. Then we started seeing green everywhere! Shutters, mail boxes, power boxes, cars, street signs. Suddenly (when we opened our eyes to it!) green was everywhere! I even handed AJ a camera and we took turns taking pictures of green things together.

After we’d exhausted the green, I had AJ close his eyes and concentrate on the sounds around us. He heard birds, wind, cars, foot steps. He held tightly to my hand, with full trust in Mommy, as I led him blindly down the path to our house.

It was a good walk. A little longer than our normal walk home, maybe, but good. Satisfying. AJ and I were reminded once again that there is so much to appreciate. So much to notice. We just have to open our eyes (or sometimes close our eyes!) to notice them.

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I became a mom in 1996, and in 2005 I had my fifth. Yes, 5 kids. In 2007, this blog was born (my 6th baby that will never grow up) and I've been sharing recipes, photography tricks, parenting tips, and everything in between. (Formerly Better in Bulk)

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  1. Gorgeous pictures! I think this is a great reminder that we all need to “stop and smell the roses”. I personally tend to get so caught up in what I need to get done that I forget that my boyz will only be this age once! They would love for me to actually go WITH THEM and explore in our backyard woods. So thanks to you, and to Fishful Thinking, for inspiring me to drop the vacuum and the dustcloth and to just SAVOR and EXPLORE!
    .-= Trenches of Mommyhood´s last blog ..A Beginner’s Guide to Running – Apparel =-.

  3. Sometimes, we need to quiet the senses… it’s something I learned in Yoga, and I think it carries true through so many things in life.

    What a great walk.. and a great lesson.
    .-= erica´s last blog ..By: e =-.

  6. Hey- visiting from SITS- and I think your walk is such a brilliant idea that I am going to do that with my son this afternoon … your pictures are qiute good! Hope you can stop by my place when you have time- and Yippee I am now following you!

  7. Ooooh, I cant wait until we start seeing some green around here. I was cleaning out my flower bed last week and I did see some tulips trying to peek thru. Lets just hope that yesterdays snow dump didnt hurt them…..
    .-= Nicole´s last blog ..Pico De Gallo and Snow =-.

  9. What a sweet post. You know AJ will remember this. My kids (now grown) remember their walks with my mom around the neighborhood when she used to babysit them. They learned different things like what you taught AJ during your walk. You’re making memories and it’s sweet that you’re sharing ’em.

    Can’t wait for full blown Spring. We got 77degrees yesterday and about the same today :) Can you believe you were just taking those crazy snow pictures recently?
    .-= GrammieMommy´s last blog ..Black Rapid R-Strap ~ Move Over Boring! =-.

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