I cannot believe how good I feel! Lyla is 4 weeks old today and I suggested we take a fun hike today. Doug was so surprised when I suggested it. We called our friends, the Nelsons, and hit the trail to Mary's Lake much later than we wanted. It was difficult to time everything with all three kids--potty breaks, feeding Lyla, diaper changes, etc. It was freezing outside!! We were glad we waited a while to start when we saw that it was not quite 60 degrees. The kids were huddled in our minivans.
Doug carried Lyla for the ascent--she slept the entire way. She only cried when I nearly reached the trailhead when I came down.
She was plenty warm, but her feet were a little chilly as I hadn't thought to bring socks.
We ate a picnic lunch at Dog Lake about halfway up the trail. The kids were loving it. Ethan hiked the entire journey up without asking to be held--he insisted he bring his "Cat in the Hat" backpack as well. He has Doug's 'hiker' blood.
The view from our rock where we ate a picnic lunch--pretty stunning.
We had to keep telling the kids not to wander while we ate--we had Ethan do a 'Good Listening Dance' when he was obedient. We sing this:
"Good listening dance, good listening dance (Woo hoo!), good listening dance." while Ethan busted out some dance moves. They still love that. We've been doing it for nearly 2 years.
We reached Mary's Lake and it was pretty breezy. The weather had warmed up a bit, but we didn't stay long. We took a few photos and Tiffany and I headed down the trail to the car. I knew Lyla would wake up hungry any minute and didn't want to feed her along the trail.
The men followed with the toddlers and Blake made a snowman with them in a small patch of snow along the trail. Too cute.
They were so wiped out when we got to the car. They were so hungry. They finished their sandwiches--well, sort of. Ethan fell asleep while eating his sandwich.
Such a fun time!
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