Watching Roman experience pine scented mountain air and a freezing cold babbling creek was similar to admiring the Mona Lisa in the Louvre. He could have splashed for hours in that icy waterhole. Of course, splashing must be very freeing and a good way to ward off hypothermia! (and yes, those are teething bicuit crumbs all over his chubby cheeks.)
It has been a "family value" of ours to enjoy nature with Roman. (Its so cool that we are both a "family" and in a place to determine our "values"). I feel it is very true that children are overstimulated by the sights and sounds of a technologically advanced society (flatness and squareness of rooms in houses, artificial light, televisions, etc), and lack exposure to the "natural" sights and sounds of breezes and sunshine and rolling hills. So... at every opportunity I take Roman outside. We have already taken Roman to the ocean to hear and see the waves in addition to our trip to the forest. I know he appreciates what he experiences and stores it away until he names it "nature". He was telling me all about it when I snapped this photo. I really wish I spoke "babyromanese".
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