Saturday, April 16, 2011

Morning out

Reuel is making some headway on the bathroom project this weekend since it's a lovely 3-day one...gotta love Patriot's Day on April 18!!  We had agreed that I would extract the boys from the house and keep them occupied til naptime so he could really work uninterrupted.  I had a fabulous plan of taking them to an indoor playground and then this morning my brain actually worked and I thought...Saturday at indoor playground...day care kids and day care germs...leaving for TX on Thursday...bad idea!!!  So, despite the fact that it was 40, overcast, and very windy, we headed for some outdoor fun at the nearby state park.  Oh, what fun we had.  It was no small achievement that Asher didn't end up in one of the various ponds we passed.  He is exploratory, fearless and a boundary tester...and he screams bloody murder if he detects even a hint of a grown-up touching him or restraining him while he's running around.  It's quite difficult to control a toddler and still all have fun together, without any use of logical reasoning :}  But we only ended up with muddy seat pants, which was a-OK, in exchange for an icy swim.

Only limiting factor of trip:  Asher won't keep the mittens on.  Little fingers get so cold :(

Collecting rocks for kerplunking in the water

Attempt to keep Asher from walking in...SIT DOWN, Asher!

On to the farm...

 Racing down the steps

Feeling like a big man on the trail...
...'til he trips :)

Rock-climbing and hopping!

Lunch at Wendy's including public displays of affection.  Do all kids gets lovey-dovey after french fries?


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