getting out...

After waking up with a head cold and having a busy weekend,  there was one notion in this mama’s head. Being outside in nature. I wanted to go find some mountainous hills to frolic on. Even did Layla’s hair in braids to get the Heidi momentum rolling…

    With no real plan, and a skeptical but willing Husband, we set off in the car. We drove up into the mountains and were scouting for perfect spots to play on. The weather was perfect.

   After  a few detours into driveways of mansions, and passing orchards, hills with crops on them, and some very brambly looking wild hills- we found a spot. Not picturesque green, but some hill that did not seem inhabited.   

You never know what you are going to get with a 3 year old and just now 2 year old.

At first all they could say was “hold me” which takes a little bit of the spark out of the whole thing.

  But soon Layla was down exploring- looking for buried treasure, admiring ants and what they were carrying, thinking that pirates had visited this hill, and then said “ let’s go find a temple and go into it”.

 

 Sophia first exclaimed “amazing!” upon being outside, but quickly reverted to wanting to be carried.  We had a few fits as Baba tried to step in as lead carrier and a certain 2 year old wanted preggo mama.

  The highlight was Layla running down and laughing the whole way. She wanted to do it again, and I was all set to video but of course she fell and even after our exclamations of how “ awesome her fall was” and how “ brave she was” she walked the rest of the way down.

   I think a picnic blanket, some manaqeesh, cold drinks and just getting to rest outside would have been the perfect way to round our time out. Love family time in nature, just love it.