Tips for a successful walk around the block:

1. Pick up everything on the ground to inspect: flowers, sticks, rocks, rubber bands, gum wrappers, etc.
2. Help nature out by spreading seeds of all kinds (weeds included) to your neighbor's yards.

3. Speak to all the neighborhood animals, including the inanimate ones.

4. Wipe all boogers on the sidewalk or on prickly trees that happen to be nearby.

5. And most importantly, do all this at a snail's pace so your mother has time to reflect on the need to "stop and smell the roses" again.

Footnote: It's helpful to have your mother carry you the rest of the way back home so you have enough energy to skip your nap later.