I have to admit - I like winter. I enjoy taking a brisk walk in the cold, I love hearing the crunch of a slightly frozen snow under my boots.
This winter in Chicago has not been ideal and we have been going a bit stir crazy at home. Sure, the kids have their classes and I make other opportunities for them to run around but I really missed a walk in the park (or a Forest Preserve) as pulling them on a sled has mostly been unrealistic this year.
We finally got out, and to encourage my two girls to walk around and stay mostly on a path I had a push toy for one (a frog on 2 wheels on a stick) and a pull toy for another (a row of ducks).
This little walk accomplished a couple of things
1) burn some energy, breath fresh(er) air and avoid cabin fever
2) show budding trees (even if it was willows and grrrr buckthorn) to the girls and explain spring is coming
3) we walked over a bridge over north branch of the Chicago River so by throwing sticks on one side of the bridge and looking for them on the other we tried to introduce the concept of water flow (and it was fun)
4) we saw ducks - mallards to be more exact and one brave teal - which both H and M liked. We did not feed the ducks. Please do not feed wildlife in Forest Preserves.
Anyways it was fun and it is getting us ready for the spring -at least mentally
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