Walk to School

On Monday, I decided to load the kids up in the stroller and walk S-girl to school. It's just over a mile from our house. Yes, S-girl walked the entire way, and we made it to school before the bell rang. It took us about 40 minutes to get there. I was really proud of S-girl for walking the whole way, and not complaining once. She did look tired, and hungry when we got there. It's a good thing there was breakfast waiting for her in her class. (Today is the last day she will get breakfast at school, the school doesn't qualify anymore, which is a good thing, but it was so nice to not have to worry about her eating before she left in the morning!)

On our walk, S-girl said to me "this is what I have been waiting for mom, a walk just like this". She was picking up "treasures" all along the way, which mostly consisted of weeds. This is a photo of her storing her treasures. It was cute to see how excited she was.

We have since started carpooling with a neighbor of ours, which is really nice. She takes the girls to school, and I pick them up. It was worth trying the walk for one day, but I won't be missing it at all!




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The Mathews Family said…
That's about how far A-girl's school is from us. Once she's not at the preschool she won't qualify for the bus to pick her up. We're in "walking distance". I'm really impressed with the mom's who do walk every day to drop off/pick up their kids. It's gotta be great exercise!
-Jessica
August 8, 2008 at 6:28 PM
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