Nature brings out the adventurous, curious, rough-and-tumble side of our shy, introverted, anxious, child. She’s intuitive and confident!
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Receive Text UpdatesNature seems to calm and soothe our daughter’s soul. She is more confident and in tuned with herself. As she shares what she is experiencing in nature with every new adventure she experiences, she is more capable of putting words to her thoughts and feelings. We are grateful for every opportunity we can offer her to be outdoors having quality family time! We look forward to as many opportunities as possible.
Our gal loves animals. They truly are a patios for her, especially dogs. She loves that they can be domestic pets and friends to humans. In fact, she spent many months researching her perfect pet and wrote an essay to convince us to get her a dog of her choosing. It wouldn’t surprise me a career with animals is ahead of her in the future.
Our girl enjoys “watching” nature with all her senses. She is very observant and enjoys noticing the little details others may miss or disregard as unimportant. She enjoys nature sounds, textures, and smells. She loves creating forts with what ever she can find around in nature, picking up small collections of things, and pretending to be a junior ranger and even calls her pretend ranger group—baby bear scouts and has created and entire March and song to sing as her and her siblings hike!
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