One of my hopes for this spring is to set up part of our yard as a child-friendly garden. On different days I picture this as a place where all the senses can safely be explored, a sheltered nook or even a place where Grayson, as he grows, can plant whatever he chooses. There are two sginificant challenges that I face: 1. I really am not green thumbed. I won;t go as far as to say that my thumbs are black when it comes to plants, but I think that they are decidedly brown 2. Our backyard, which is the logical place for this endeavor is at least partially shaded much of the time. Fortunately, I have Ann available. Ann may not be a master gardener, but she knows her stuff and likes the idea of the project. So, hopefully in the next couple of weeks we will get together and she can help me identify some very, very hardy, kid friendly plant that like to grow in the shade.
Ideas that I love:
A sunflower house
A moonlight garden
A sensory garden
Someplace that Grayson can practice his crawling (and probably chew on the grass a bit)
Monday, January 7, 2008
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Introduction
New year, new blog.
When I was pregnant with my son, I had big plans for introducing him to the world. We'd take advantage of his summer birthday and my maternity leave and take walks every day, maybe visit our local zoo, spend some time playing in the back yard. Like many plan of first time parents, nothing really came to fruition. We would take walks sometimes, but Grayson wasn't a big fan of sunlight (I've since learned that most tiny babies aren't). The zoo never did happen, and just as the weather was starting to cool off and Grayson was becoming more sun tolerant he was hospitalized for three weeks and came home with a feeding tube. Long story shorter, my plans may not have worked out as I would have liked, but I still want to get Grayson outside and try to teach to value the natural world. I'm hoping that writing down my ideas here will keep me honest in attempting them. I'd also love to here other parents' ideas successes and failures in this area. Hopefully we'll be able to get our kids to want to head back into the woods.
When I was pregnant with my son, I had big plans for introducing him to the world. We'd take advantage of his summer birthday and my maternity leave and take walks every day, maybe visit our local zoo, spend some time playing in the back yard. Like many plan of first time parents, nothing really came to fruition. We would take walks sometimes, but Grayson wasn't a big fan of sunlight (I've since learned that most tiny babies aren't). The zoo never did happen, and just as the weather was starting to cool off and Grayson was becoming more sun tolerant he was hospitalized for three weeks and came home with a feeding tube. Long story shorter, my plans may not have worked out as I would have liked, but I still want to get Grayson outside and try to teach to value the natural world. I'm hoping that writing down my ideas here will keep me honest in attempting them. I'd also love to here other parents' ideas successes and failures in this area. Hopefully we'll be able to get our kids to want to head back into the woods.
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