Pockets Full of Secret Treasures

Anyone who has ever raved about the baby gear storage capacity beneath any given stroller is lying. Or maybe their child isn’t yet old enough to hop in and out of the stroller on the ride, repeatedly tossing found items into that storage space. Or maybe they’re simply taking walks in barren parking lots.

Either way, in my experience, that space is mainly good for one thing: leaves, feathers, sticks, and rocks — and don’t think about stuffing even a jacket in on top of those goodies, lest it accidentally damage a leaf. This isn’t limited to strollers, of course. Essentially any outdoor kids’ ride-on item is likely to be filled with the loot of the day’s walk (and maybe of the day’s before that, and the day’s before that. Oops.)

Leaves from this year? Last year? Who knows!

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