I have been walking lately, around the neighborhood. I set out walking in one direction or another, and I walk for at least 15 minutes before I turn and come back home. That way I get at least a 30-minute walk a day.
Eler Beth is my companion on these walks, but she rides her bike while I walk. If she were to walk with me, it would interrupt my stride; I'd have to forever be stopping to look at this or that or she'd be calling me to wait for her or to hurry up and catch up to her.
When I walk, I walk fast, and I set a pace and keep it. I heard her tell Andrew after the first of our recent walks, "Mom walks fast even when she's going uphill!!" So riding her bike is the perfect way to keep me company without cramping either my style or hers. And she keeps me entertained, too! I thought I knew a lot about our neighborhood, and the streets on the outer edges of our neighborhood, but she knows everything there is to know. She knows where each cat we encounter belongs; which dogs are nice and which ones rush their fence when you walk by; she pointed out to me where the lady lives who owns a cockatiel and who enjoys talking to Eler Beth when she's walking Lucy (Eler Beth's cockatiel); she pointed out to me where "the girl lives that I met at Science Camp"; and she showed me where "usually there's a really fancy car parked here. They rarely ever drive it."
Yes, I've been enjoying my walks with Eler Beth.
7 comments:
Well, sounds like you have a really smart and personalble child! And talk about information retention!
A 30 minute walk a day sounds like an excellent way to spend time together.
Cudos to you mommy!
God Bless-
Amanda
I like a child to be observant of their surroundings. Eler Beth seems to be a joy to be around. Paula
Good for you on the excercise scene! And an even better way to really get to see and know what's really going on in the neighborhood!
When my son was a boy, he'd ride his bike around the neighborhood blocks as I walked (power walked) in front or behind him. I remember those days with great fondness, for I knew I was in better shape for having walked, and we had many conversations (he was about the same age as your Eler Beth). A few years later, he was on the High school baseball team and the cross country team, and he'd go around the block so fast, I couldn't keep up and there were no conversations. In fact, by then I had quit walking around the block because so many dogs would come out and follow me, and well meaning neighbors would come out and talk to me, without joining me, and I never was able to just keep on walking without stopping to talk. Socially, it was a good walk, but physically, I might as well have walked around my yard for all the good it did me. Loved reading about you and Eler beth's special times together. Fall and spring were my favorite times to walk, not just for the fabulous cooler weather, but because of the amazing sunsets I'd be treated to, especially in the fall. I do miss them. bea
I enjoyed reading about your walk with Eler Beth too. Your neighbourhood sounds a very friendly place to live in. I am working my way up to a thirty minute fast walk around our neighbourhood but there is so much to see I never get a speed up as I stop to smell the flowers or look at the wildflowers in the lanes. I am defeated as soon as I go outside the door. lol! Jeanie
Thats too cute! :o) And to have someone with you as you walk. ;o)
Lisa
That sounds like a great time for the two of you!
~Heather
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