This girl can not get enough of being outside!
She cries when it's time to come in.
She sniffs at anything green or flowery (flowers, bushes, trees, grass, herbs, you name it), and wants to go back and sniff the same thing 500 times.
She likes to sit in the grass - not directly in the grass, but on a blanket, where she can put her foot in the grass to feel it, then put it back on the blanket (back and forth, back and forth - again, about 500 times).
She likes her sunglasses and will, surprisingly, keep them on (if the sun is in her eyes).
She loves to take walks.
She loves to watch cars (she would seriously sit outside all day and watch cars if I let her).
She loves to listen for the birds and say "tweet tweet tweet" every time she hears or sees them.
She thinks anything that flies is a bird. This week she mistook a bumble bee and a wasp for a bird (pointing at them and saying "tweet tweet"). Which was pretty sweet.
She loves any animal that lives outside - birds, insects, chickens (her favorite), dogs, cats, squirrels, you name it. She goes absolutely wild when she sees them.
Basically, she is the complete opposite of me when it comes to anything outdoors.
I do not like being hot.
I do not like animals & bugs.
I do not like gardening (though I really wish I did).
I do not like sweating.
I do not like summer.
I would much rather snuggle on the couch with a book or a movie or stay inside and do a craft project (in the middle of a snow storm or thunder storm, please!).
(yes, I am a hermit!)
This could be a long summer, but I'm already seeing an attitude change in myself when it comes to being outside. It's no longer about what I want or what makes me happy - it's about what makes her happy. And I'm ok with that. And you know what? In a weird way being outside now makes me happy - because seeing her full of so much joy makes me full of joy too! Amazing how that works.
So bring on the summer! I'm just praying that it's cooler than last summer. :)
// just chillin with my foot in the air, smelling my flower //
p.s. I am not a total Scrooge, I do like walks and enjoying the fruits of others' labor in the garden...so I think we will be doing a lot of that.
