Back in the summer, W and I spent some time at Sugarhouse Park. He hadn't been walking for more than a few months, but he was starting to acquire words with a steam-engine progressive speed. That day, we learned the word "pinecone". W proceeded, for the next half-hour or so, to bring me EVERY pinecone he could find under this big tree we were sitting in the shade of. He would wobble and be so very careful as he bent to pick up each one. I stopped counting after the pile next to me had 50 of them. He was so excited to find more and even more excited to share his discovery with me.
It was one of my favorite experiences as a mom. Watching him take in the world and explore. This photograph is for him... and for me, to remind me (and maybe you?) to wonder in awe regularly, and see each little "same" thing as very different and exciting.
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