With the weather turning nicer I encourage all parents to take advantage of the spring weather, before it gets too hot, to take your kids out for a walk. You never know what you might encounter on a walk. This past weekend my two daughters and I went for a neighborhood walk. There are a couple of ponds nearby so we set out for those. We encountered several geese that refused to eat our bread. That disappointed us because that's what the bread was for!
In one pond we saw several dead fish sitting on the 'shore'. We had a lot of rain a few days before and the pond flooded and a few fish flooded out with the water. I had to explain what happened to the fish because both of my daughters were very curious. My little one wanted to carry one with her, but I had to convince her that the dead fish were best left where we found them!
At one of the ponds is a drainage pipe that drains water away if the pond level gets too high. With all of the recent rain the pond was too high and water was draining into the pipe. The pipe is close to the shore, so we grabbed dandelions and threw them at the pipe. It was cool watching them slowly get closer to the pipe and then swoop right in! It was a game to see who could get their dandelion into the pipe first!
Take advantage of the weather while it's nice and go on an adventure. You never know what you or your kids will find.
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