Five Minute Friday: EXPLORE

This post is part of the weekly Five Minute Friday series. Five minutes of free-flow writing shared with whoever wants to read it. This week’s prompt is: EXPLORE.  I am incredibly behind, but I made the goal to do every prompt this year, so I am writing a few today. Here's #2

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We are going to the park.  Today, we decide to walk.  No bikes or scooters.  We're going to take our time and get there when we get there.  Truth be told, we always go slower than I would like.  Every flower we pass needs picking.  Every worm needs inspecting.  Every piece of dog poop needs to be loudly commented on. The only time the pace is increased is if there is a flying bug in the vicinity.  A phobia that is well validated due to the sheer amount of times she has been stung.

We get to the park and it's time to play.  We swing, go down slides, cheer on each other on the monkey bars, and climb the rock wall.  Giggles galore as momma hoists herself up on the ladders and down the slides as we race our ninja obstacle course, something my own momma used to do with us girls. 

Before we leave, we have to visit the cows at the front of the neighborhood.  Will they be close?  Will we be too loud for them?  Do we think they'd like to eat grass from our hands?  Where are the babies?

Once we discover they are in fact unimpressed with us, we head back home.  Past the bugs, poop, and other walkers on the path.  But we stop for the flowers.  Every single one, a beautiful gift just for me, from my biggest girl, my favorite treasure in the whole wide world.