Yesterday was a little different when I picked the girls up from school. I rode my bike and brought scooters for them to ride home. That in itself is not earth shattering...
Somethings about the ride home got me thinking a little more about the little things. Little things we are to busy rushing around getting things done to notice.
Shortly after we began our ride, Emi noticed something next to the sidewalk. She threw her scooter down and picked up someone's abandoned drink bottle. "Mom can we pick up trash and clean the earth?" she said. "Well no honey, we don't have a bag to keep it in. Another day.. OK." was my response to her. We rode a little further when she found an abandoned shopping bag. So now she could clean up the earth. :) Loa pointed at pieces of trash and Emi ran to pick them up until the bag was bulging. We continued on our ride until...
Emi threw down her scooter and crunched some brown, crunchy leaves. Then she started kicking them into a pile. Loa and I quickly joined in. The girls took turns jumping off a short wall into the pile. They threw leaves into the air and a breeze sent them twirling all over. I smiled as I thought of the little things we would have missed if I drove the car to pick them up...
