If Sarah could have things her way, she would stay inside and play with her menagerie of toys 95% of the time. On 5% of occasions, however, she volunteers to go outside for the following three activities: "go park," "go walk," and, less commonly, to "play backyard." Sometimes we just have to force her to spend some time outside and learn to love it.
BACKYARD TIME
We spent a lot of time in the backyard during the spring, summer, and fall cultivating our garden. Sarah likes gardens too. And she likes digging dirt, but she doesn't like her hands to be dirty.
Sarah found a shield bug on her hand in the backyard one day, and she didn't know what to do. Then it hopped onto her boot, so she took her boots off and carefully observed its wanderings over the course of 30+ minutes. Truly fascinating.
She finally settled into her kiddie pool to lay down in the shade and continue observing it.
(Shield bugs are a garden scourge, by the way. This one probably died of "natural causes" out of sight of Sarah when she was done observing it.)
When it was warmer outside, she played in her little plastic fort. She often insisted that the fort have a hat and that Daddy squeeze inside of it.
PARK TIME
The park is right across the street from our house. Sarah has learned to look both ways before crossing the street. Then she proclaims, "No cars!"
In season, the geese inhabit the park. Sarah likes geese. She knows the singular (goose) and the plural now. And she enjoys the elephant jacket that Judy made for her. It's fluffy and warm.
After the snow this past week, Daddy took Sarah to the pond to walk onto the ice.
Then she took some time to splash around in the muddy, icy water on the path. Her clothes weren't dirty enough, so she sat down in it before she began to cry because her hands got dirty.
GETTING THE MAIL
Sarah also likes to get the mail. She can't go out in public in just anything, though.
FRONT YARD TIME
Sarah also comes outside to help when Mommy and Daddy are working on furniture projects.
She claimed this cabinet as her house and played peek-a-boo in it for a while.
Then Sarah and Daddy relaxed in the street and looked at clouds while Mommy did all of the work.
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