Pretending we're in Paris....

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or anywhere in France. We've been walking to the market the last couple of days in an effort to get outdoors, soak up the sunshine, reduce greenhouse emissions and pretend we are on vacation in Paris.

It's been wonderful.

We've had some great talks, we've taken the bikes to the skateboard park, Zee's learning how to ride a scooter and we've been to both the 'market' and the library.

My kids are getting exercise, learning to love their community, exercising good food choices and finding the thrill in reading.

I've not seen them so excited about 'staying home' before.

I guess we should go on 'vacation' more often.

The benefits are priceless...

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