At last a sunny day!
We were looking forward to going outside this morning, the sun puts me immediately in a good mood!
It has been a good week since last time we went to visit our friends ducks and squirrels. We try to go regularly especially now that not many people are going out to the park and feed them.
For two weeks the pond has been frozen, and all the ducks were squashed in a small area where the water didn't freeze. They were really starving and the food we brought didn't last long. Even the squirrels came rushing, coming really close to us as if they wanted to snatch the bag with the bread. One of them, thinking that M. had something in her hand, scratched her, but actually M. just wanted to touch it. The scratch was tiny but M. got really scared! In fact this morning she said before leaving the house: "no, no food to squirrel".
M. took her baby, buggy and a pull along toy to the park. She pushed the buggy with the baby and pulled the toy for a little while, stopping hundreds times to make sure that the pull along toy was following.
The pond was still partially frozen and all the ducks were still stuck in the same place.
We got out our bag of goodies and they all came rushing. M. enjoyed throwing the bread crumbs and looking at how the ducks were eating; she also fed the pigeons but when a squirrel came close, she stepped back and left mummy feed him.
We also looked at the leaves on the footpath, which she immediately linked to the trees around us.
Later we went to the play area where she had lots of fun climbing up and down the slide ladder. A bit of swing, a bit of seesaw and off we went back home.
This morning has been about her relation with nature: feeding the ducks teaches her respect and sense of responsibility for the environment and how she plays an important part in taking care of the animals that live in close proximity to us.
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