Bike ride

How frequent do you ride with your kids ? Do you like to make long walks ? Can you benefit from wild life near your house ? Do you go to a spot by car first ? What sort of wildlife do you see ? Is it frequent to see rabbits or birds flying by ? Do your children like to see the scenery ? Do your children get into competition mode riding the bike ? Tell me your story, here is mine...

The birds were flying around the lake. From time to time they would dive to the grass and fly back above the lake. They were looking for bread crumbs. Many families did picnics around the lake and left something for them to eat.

A Little Girl approached in her bicycle. The birds could see her from far away. The Little Girl had a pink flag on her bicycle. When the birds saw the Little Girl they would fly by the Little Girl showing her the way to go. The Little Girl in her pink bicycle would follow the flying birds. The Little Girl's daddy followed her in turn.
The birds stopped and flew over a nice picnic spot. The Little Girl stopped the bicycle and Papi did the same. The Little Girl ran to where the birds beaked the grass in search for breadcrumbs. And Papi followed her with the picnic basket.
"The birds selected the best spot Papi!", said the Little Girl.
"Yes they did, they are your friends, they want the best spot for the Little Girl.", said Papi. From the picnic spot they could see the lake almost in it's entirety. The tree lines to left and back composed the picture. The Little Girl and Papi were having a picnic in a beautiful landscape painting.
Papi laid down the blanket and they sat eating their sandwich. The Little Girl threw some small pieces of the bread and the birds caught them in mid air.
"Look Papi, they catch the bread flying", said the Little Girl.
Soon after they could see some rabbits approaching. The Little Girl ran to the rabbits and they ran away from her. She was chasing the rabbits, but they were too fast for her. When she got tired of chasing the rabbits the Little Girl went back to the blanket and rank some fresh water.
The rabbits approached curiously. The Little Girl did not move, she did not want to frighten the rabbits. And so the rabbits approached the Little Girl. One of the rabbits came and ate a bit of lettuce of the Little Girls sandwich right from her hand. And the Little Girl did not move holding her breath.
The girl could not hold any longer and took a deep breath. The rabbits ran away, and he Little Girl laughed.
"The rabbits are beautiful Papi!", said the Little Girl.
They packed the picnic basket and the blanket. Papi took them to the bicycle. The Little Girl picked up the paper bag with the empty plastic wrappings, bottles, used paper plates and cups. Papi smiled at the Little Girl, "Very well Little Girl, let's take the garbage back home, we don't want the lake dirty, the rabbits and birds do not know what to do with the garbage".
They rode back home, this time the rabbits showed the Little Girl the way out. When Papi and the Little Girl left the lake park, the Little Girl looked back. the Little Girl saw the rabbits waving goodbye, and the birds flying in circles above them.

Backpack

What do you pack for a walk with your kids ? Do you pack with them ? Do you pack with them only their backpack ? Or do you pack yours as well with them ? Do you make what's in their backpack a surprise? Who carries the backpack ? How do you explain them the walk to be done ? How do you tell them how long ? Do they want to pack all their toys into the backpack ? Tell me your story, here is mine...

"Little Girl, come help Papi!", Papi called the Little Girl, "We are going to the lake".
"Wow Papi, that is cool, I like going to the lake", said the Little Girl.
"Good, what do you want to put in your backpack ?", asked Papi.
"I don't want to take the backpack!", said the Little Girl.

"Papi as prepared my backpack with the things I want to have in the lake!", said Papi, "You do not want to have anything when you are at the lake?"
"I want to take rubber ducky!", said the Little Girl.
"So, maybe you want to put rubber ducky in the backpack", said Papi.
"Oh! Yes, OK! Let me take the backpack, I will put rubber ducky in it!"
"Anything else ? You want to swim ? Shall we take your swimming suit ?", asked Papi.
"Yes! I want the swimming suit!", said the Little Girl, "and also the sand pail and the sand shovel!".
"That is good, maybe we should take some water also ?", asked Papi.
"Yes, and a sandwich, I want to eat!", said the Little Girl, "and a whistle, if I want to call Papi I blow the whistle!".
"Good Little Girl, so now we know what we will need at the Lake, we can go safe and we have everything we want", said Papi.
"No Papi, we need a towel for when we come out of the lake!"

Getting out

Do your kids have moments when they simply don't want to get out of the house ? How do you make them want to get out ? Do you have regular activities at weekends ? Are you the one that doesn't want to get out ? Is your kid pushing you to get out of the house ? Tell me your story, here is mine...

Outside is foggy, don't see much out of the window, seems to be cold outside and we are in the nice cuddly warm in the house. The Little Girl is playing with the Lego blocks, she seems very entertained.
"Little Girl, let's go the the swimming pool ?", asks Papi.
"No Papi, I am playing", answers the Little Girl.
Papi goes make an espresso coffee. Reads a couple of articles on the newspaper. Some time passes.
"Little Girl, let's go to the playground ?", asks Papi.
"No Papi, I am playing", answers the Little Girl.
Papi goes make a cappuccino. Reads a couple of articles on the internet. Some time passes.
"Little Girl, let's go to the bowling alley ?", asks Papi.
"No Papi, I am playing", answers the Little Girl.

Papi goes make a latte macchiato. Watches a couple of channels on TV. Some time passes.
"Little Girl, let's go to the Grimm theme park ?", asks Papi.
"No Papi, I am playing", answers the Little Girl.

Papi goes make a cafe lungo. Browses a couple of magazines. Some time passes.
"Little Girl, let's go to ride a boat in the lake ?", asks Papi.
"No Papi, I am playing", answers the Little Girl.

"Little Girl, Papi is electric now, had to much coffee, we need to get Papi calm or the Little Girl cannot play anymore", says Papi picking up the Little Girl, tickles the Little Girl energetically, and walks out of the apartment. Papi makes silly faces and jumps around. Soon after they are by the lake and the Little Girl sees some big transparent spheres which kids use to walk on the water.

"Papi, I want to walk on that..."

The Little Girl gets an extended ride on the giant plastic sphere, Papi can ear her laughs as she walks around excited.

End of ride, the giant plastic sphere gets pulled back to the lake margin.

"Little Girl, time to go home now", says Papi to the Little Girl.

"No Papi, I don't want to go home...", answers the Little Girl.

Cow in Boots

How do you teach the colors to your kids ? And to count ? Do they enjoy showing they know the colors ? And counting ? You teach them to count ? And the animals of the farm ? Have you taken them to see a farm `Do they know what a cow, pig or goat looks like ? Do they enjoy seeing the farm animals ? Do they like to feed them ? Are they afraid of the animals ? Tell me your story, here is mine...

The Little Girl went to the farm. The Little Girl wanted to see the cow.
The Little Girl had a present for the cow, the Little Girl had a big orange carrot to give to the cow.
Did the cow like carrots ?
Where was the big cow ?
The Little Girl went to the farm. The Little Girl wanted to see the cow.
- Hello brown dog, did you see the cow ?
- Woof woof, said the brow dog.
The Little Girl went to the farm. The Little Girl wanted to see the cow.
- Hello pink pig, did you see the cow ?
- Oink oink, said the pink pig.
The Little Girl went to the farm. The Little Girl wanted to see the cow.
- Hello white sheep, did you see the cow ?
- Meeeh meeeh, said the white sheep.
The Little Girl went to the farm. The Little Girl wanted to see the cow.
Is the cow at the lake ?
No at the lake only ducks.
The Little Girl went to the farm. The Little Girl wanted to see the cow.
Is the cow at the pen ?
No at the pen only chickens.
The Little Girl went went to the farm . The Little Girl wanted to see the cow.
Is the cow at the stable ?
Yes, the cow is at the stable.

The Little Girl went went to the farm . The Little Girl wanted to see the cow.

The Little Girl found the cow.

The cow was wearing boots.

The Little Girl went went to the farm . The Little Girl wanted to see the cow.

The boots had different colors.

One boot was Yellow, the cow was wearing a yellow boot.

One boot was Red, the cow was wearing a red boot.

One boot was Green, the cow was wearing a green boot.

One boot was Blue, the cow was wearing a blue boot.

The Little Girl went went to the farm . The Little Girl wanted to see the cow.

And the Little Girl learned the colors.

Yellow, Red, Green and Blue.

The Little Girl went went to the farm . The Little Girl wanted to see the cow.

How many boots was the cow wearing ?

The cow was wearing 4 boots, one boot for each leg.

1 - One, 2 - Two, 3 - Three, 4 - Four.

The Little Girl went went to the farm . The Little Girl wanted to see the cow.

And the Little Girl learned the numbers.

1 - One, 2 - Two, 3 - Three, 4 - Four.

The Little Girl went went to the farm . The Little Girl wanted to see the cow.

The Little Girl found the cow.
The Little girl gave a orange carrot to the cow.
The Little Girl went went to the farm . The Little Girl wanted to see the cow.

She saw the cow and now was sleeping the way home.