Comments on: City Kids Need Adventure Too http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/08/28/city-kids-need-adventure-too/ Green and Natural Parenting Thu, 24 May 2012 18:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jonam http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/08/28/city-kids-need-adventure-too/#comment-13124 Jonam Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:02:36 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=3349#comment-13124 the kids photo is very cool the kids photo is very cool

]]> By: Greta http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/08/28/city-kids-need-adventure-too/#comment-13123 Greta Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:56:15 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=3349#comment-13123 Great post! This rings close to home for me. We live about a mile from Downtown Minneapolis, and often enjoy great days of "city adventuring." My husband works many Saturdays and, since we are a single-car family, must come up with creative ways to fill the day. We take long walks to nearby nature parks (Minneapolis has a WONDERFUL park system, and we live about a mile from one of the city's lakes and trail systems), but also take the bus downtown to simply wander. Some days we'll go to the library or the park, but many times we just "see what we can see." A fountain hunt can be fun-- seeing how many different fountains we can find. This, of course, could be adapted to just about any kind of hunt you want! One day, we took a "wild flower" walk around our inter-city neighborhood, and came up with a bouquet of about 10 different kinds of flowers (SOME may call them weeds, but I guess beauty's in the eye of the beholder!). Yes, we are big fans of the city adventure, 'round here. Great post! This rings close to home for me. We live about a mile from Downtown Minneapolis, and often enjoy great days of “city adventuring.” My husband works many Saturdays and, since we are a single-car family, must come up with creative ways to fill the day. We take long walks to nearby nature parks (Minneapolis has a WONDERFUL park system, and we live about a mile from one of the city’s lakes and trail systems), but also take the bus downtown to simply wander. Some days we’ll go to the library or the park, but many times we just “see what we can see.” A fountain hunt can be fun– seeing how many different fountains we can find. This, of course, could be adapted to just about any kind of hunt you want! One day, we took a “wild flower” walk around our inter-city neighborhood, and came up with a bouquet of about 10 different kinds of flowers (SOME may call them weeds, but I guess beauty’s in the eye of the beholder!). Yes, we are big fans of the city adventure, ’round here.

]]> By: Chigger Bite Treatment http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/08/28/city-kids-need-adventure-too/#comment-13122 Chigger Bite Treatment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:53:18 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=3349#comment-13122 Very nice post. I have lived in the city most of my adult live, but grew up on a farm in Idaho. My everyday life was much like Connie's but not quite so archaic. We did have a well and a small International Harvester refrigerator and a very old square electric water heater. We did take baths in an old stock watering tub every Saturday night before church. I did not know it at the time, but it was a life I crave to have back. Well, most of it. I could do with some indoor plumbing for a bathroom this time around. It is a life I miss and it is a life I wish I could have provided for my children. I too love antiques. But I think I like them differently than most folks. I like the ones not refinished. I have an old 12 gauge shotgun from my Grandfather that had a few problems in its day. It's barrels have split from the center piece and has been brazed back to it and a couple of holes in the barrels have been brazed shut again. It is not worth a dime to anyone but me and not because it was Grandpa's but because it obviously has a history. Very beautiful daughter. Be sure to teach her all the love you know how. Thanks for the great post. Very nice post. I have lived in the city most of my adult live, but grew up on a farm in Idaho. My everyday life was much like Connie’s but not quite so archaic. We did have a well and a small International Harvester refrigerator and a very old square electric water heater.

We did take baths in an old stock watering tub every Saturday night before church.

I did not know it at the time, but it was a life I crave to have back. Well, most of it. I could do with some indoor plumbing for a bathroom this time around.

It is a life I miss and it is a life I wish I could have provided for my children.

I too love antiques. But I think I like them differently than most folks. I like the ones not refinished.

I have an old 12 gauge shotgun from my Grandfather that had a few problems in its day. It’s barrels have split from the center piece and has been brazed back to it and a couple of holes in the barrels have been brazed shut again.

It is not worth a dime to anyone but me and not because it was Grandpa’s but because it obviously has a history.

Very beautiful daughter. Be sure to teach her all the love you know how.

Thanks for the great post.

]]> By: Maureen http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/08/28/city-kids-need-adventure-too/#comment-13121 Maureen Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:44:55 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=3349#comment-13121 From a fellow ancient brick-lover I want to say, great post! All you need is imagination and the world really does unfold at your feet, country or city. Connie...your comments are truly beautiful. What a blessed childhood you experienced. Maureen Hume. www.thepizzagang.com From a fellow ancient brick-lover I want to say, great post! All you need is imagination and the world really does unfold at your feet, country or city.
Connie…your comments are truly beautiful. What a blessed childhood you experienced.
Maureen Hume. http://www.thepizzagang.com

]]> By: Connie http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/08/28/city-kids-need-adventure-too/#comment-13120 Connie Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:24:37 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=3349#comment-13120 It's good for kids to have a balance of both city and country life. As a child we lived in a small town but also had a farm that we visited often. At home I had my friends and my toys, school and all that goes along with it. At the farm, I had to pretend and make believe. Some of my most precious memories are of our visits to the farm on the weekends. The smells of the outdoors, the smell of the house that had been closed up in our absence, even the items we kept there had their own smell and special place there. We had very few toys there, and the ones we did seemed more special than any toys at home. My Mom gave us old salt and pepper shakers, old tin pans and dish soap bottles and that was our "kitchen" utensils. We had this old metal toy kitchen set in avacado green that I so wish I had for my own girls now. My little sister and I played for hours and hours in that little play kitchen, housed in the pantry of our big kitchen. That farm house seemed so big to me then. I'm sure if I were to walk through it today I would be amazed at it's small size but the memories are still very big in my mind. We had a tire swing in a giant tree near the house and that is where I spent many summer days swinging and singing songs to myself (most of them made up). We experienced lots of different animals and critters. We had a few horses, a big wheat field, a pond, a nearby creek, the usual snake by the barn, raccoons in the chimney, opossums in the cold musty stone cellar, mice here and there. We were exposed to all types of creatures big and little and learned to respect them all in that environment. I grew up not afraid to get dirty or play in the weeds. We had play clothes with holes in them and got chigger bites in our underwear and sock lines. The sound of coyotes at night frightened my little sister but somehow I knew we were safe in the house, it was fascinating to me. We didn't have running water so we brought water from the city in gallon jugs to brush our teeth, flush the potty and wash dishes in. We had camp fires and a little plastic pool to swim in (now that I look back, that was our bath too). We brought our food in coolers and made simple meals to last. Things were good at the farm. Our dog, Cricket, loved it too. She would disappear and sniff around anywhere and everywhere she pleased. She would only come running when it was time to leave and we would call to her after the car was packed and ready to head home. To me, I grew up with a good balance of country life and city life and I loved them both. It’s good for kids to have a balance of both city and country life. As a child we lived in a small town but also had a farm that we visited often. At home I had my friends and my toys, school and all that goes along with it. At the farm, I had to pretend and make believe. Some of my most precious memories are of our visits to the farm on the weekends. The smells of the outdoors, the smell of the house that had been closed up in our absence, even the items we kept there had their own smell and special place there. We had very few toys there, and the ones we did seemed more special than any toys at home. My Mom gave us old salt and pepper shakers, old tin pans and dish soap bottles and that was our “kitchen” utensils. We had this old metal toy kitchen set in avacado green that I so wish I had for my own girls now. My little sister and I played for hours and hours in that little play kitchen, housed in the pantry of our big kitchen. That farm house seemed so big to me then. I’m sure if I were to walk through it today I would be amazed at it’s small size but the memories are still very big in my mind. We had a tire swing in a giant tree near the house and that is where I spent many summer days swinging and singing songs to myself (most of them made up). We experienced lots of different animals and critters. We had a few horses, a big wheat field, a pond, a nearby creek, the usual snake by the barn, raccoons in the chimney, opossums in the cold musty stone cellar, mice here and there. We were exposed to all types of creatures big and little and learned to respect them all in that environment. I grew up not afraid to get dirty or play in the weeds. We had play clothes with holes in them and got chigger bites in our underwear and sock lines. The sound of coyotes at night frightened my little sister but somehow I knew we were safe in the house, it was fascinating to me. We didn’t have running water so we brought water from the city in gallon jugs to brush our teeth, flush the potty and wash dishes in. We had camp fires and a little plastic pool to swim in (now that I look back, that was our bath too). We brought our food in coolers and made simple meals to last. Things were good at the farm. Our dog, Cricket, loved it too. She would disappear and sniff around anywhere and everywhere she pleased. She would only come running when it was time to leave and we would call to her after the car was packed and ready to head home. To me, I grew up with a good balance of country life and city life and I loved them both.

]]> By: (((((HUGS))))) sandi http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/08/28/city-kids-need-adventure-too/#comment-13119 (((((HUGS))))) sandi Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:15:43 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=3349#comment-13119 From another city dweller, this is AWESOME! ~smile~ There are also some GREAT opportunities for simple study of historical architecture.... (((((HUGS))))) sandi From another city dweller, this is AWESOME! ~smile~ There are also some GREAT opportunities for simple study of historical architecture…. (((((HUGS))))) sandi

]]> By: (((((HUGS))))) sandi http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/08/28/city-kids-need-adventure-too/#comment-15941 (((((HUGS))))) sandi Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:15:43 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=3349#comment-15941 From another city dweller, this is AWESOME! ~smile~ There are also some GREAT opportunities for simple study of historical architecture.... (((((HUGS))))) sandi From another city dweller, this is AWESOME! ~smile~ There are also some GREAT opportunities for simple study of historical architecture…. (((((HUGS))))) sandi

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