Quiet

If you have children you know that when everything is quiet you start to wonder what trouble your children are getting up to.  The other day I was busy doing something when I realized that Haylie wasn't in the house.  I hadn't seen or heard her in awhile so I thought I better go check on her. Our back down is often wide open, even in winter, so the kids can go in and out as they please. Haylie loves it outside so I headed for the back door.  I could hear someone walking around and things moving so I quietly peeked out the window.

There she was happily playing all by herself.  I stayed hidden because I just wanted to see what she was getting up to.  She was pushing the baby stroller around collecting things.  She picked up flowers, rocks and other bits a pieces.  Sometimes she would study something for a long time before finally putting it in her stroller and moving on.  Sometimes I wish I could hear what they are thinking.  They get so fascinated by the smallest things, things that we take for granted.  

It wasn't long though before she spotted me and came to say hello and show me all the things that she had found.

Sometimes it would be nice to be a kid again and have no cares in the world and just explore the world around us.