Showing posts with label parents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parents. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Little Kids (Hunting Easter Eggs)
More from the Easter chronicles with the LDF-family. Here's an overly hasty scribble depicting cute little kids on an Easter egg hunt. We saw this one little girl who was almost lost in her voluminously fluffy pink dress, sitting in the grass, not quite sure what all the fuss was about. A slightly older girl approached her, holding out an egg and communicating via the special means that babies have to talk to each other. Finally she flopped down on the grass almost atop the pink dress girl and everyone happily snapped photos. I love the way little kids will just do their own thing, regardless of what the grown-ups are encouraging. "Go! Get those eggs! You can do it! Go fast!" shout the parents, and the kids amiably toddle along, enjoying the cool grass between their toes, observing insects in flight and the angle of the sunlight through the trees. They may find Easter eggs and they may not, and they couldn't care a whit either way, except that the world is a big, bright, beautiful place full of endless wonder, and they're happy to be in it. I'm with the kids.
Labels:
childhood,
children,
competitions,
Easter,
eggs,
giddy joy,
grass,
kids,
lady-duck-friend,
parents,
springtime
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Windy Days
On Saturday, I went to the N.C. State University arboretum with my lady-duck-friend and my parents, which was the first time they had all met. An exceptionally strong wind buffeted us as we tried to read the markers in front of noteworthy plants. At one point I was surprised by a gust so strong that it almost moved me backward. I found I really enjoyed the wind, though. It was refreshing and cleansing, so long as my sunglasses kept specks and leaves (and the odd flying squirrel) out of my eyes. The walk was entirely pleasant. And the occasion, of a sort which can be stressful for all parties, felt quite calm and congenial, as I hoped it would.
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