First the boys noticed this trees seed pods, then they smelled it, then they just played!

Last night I went to hear Richard Louv famous for his last book about Nature Deficit Disorder. He has out a new book, The Nature Principal. I have not yet read it, but he shared some of the ideas from it. Mainly, that we need to find ways to connect with nature. Since now the majority of the people in the world live in urban areas our experiences with nature worldwide are different.

How do we as a city dwelling family experience nature, treasure it and as he suggests how do we actively build it?

In our family it starts with love of all life. Ironically, this means that last night as mom said "goodnight moon, goodnight trees" my boy T added "goodnight car, goodnight blue car."

For my boys the reason for our walk yesterday that ended with them playing for ten minutes in someones willow tree was that we had gone to the market and were "following" the compost, garbage and recycling trucks.