what we saw on our walk

these pictures were from yesterday, but i really don't have much to say about that day... it was a beautiful day and i did get a good work out while spending time with my children... which was nice... and later josh, asher, isaac and i all went to another park where josh and asher played soccer and i took more pictures of everyone! possibly to be posted later!

today, we went on a walk again...  decided to live outside today... i climbed another hill... worked those muscles again, reminding them of what oxygen feels like... took a stop at the duck pond and lost isaac's binky (pacifier). i hope the ducks can put it to good use and that some unsuspecting mom does not find it in her toddler's mouth! we then climbed the infamous byu stairs, ran down a hill, built a fort under a tree (dirt of course) climbed said tree (well asher did... it was his first tree climbing experience... i was REALLY wishing i had my camera!), and then found a broken blue robin egg! it was beautiful! and i believe the baby was safe somewhere up in the tree...thus, leading to asher's first attempt at climbing a tree...
 we then ended our day by racing back to the stroller (asher won of course) and then i limped off, pushing the stroller to jdawgs for some gourmet hot dogs... i know know... gourmet and hot dog go together like toddler and clean house!... but it was a gourmet hot dog! the most daring hot dog i have ever eaten... with a special sauce, banana peppers and onions... i could have been even more adventurous and eaten sauerkraut and jalapeños or pickles on it too!  so really, it was a moderate hot dog on the bravery scale!....

 after we bought the hot dogs, we walked back to the park to eat them... on the way there buzz lightyear, no longer in the grasp of my sons hands (replaced by a hot dog), hung precariously between the canvas bar and the drink holder bar (good description right?) his arms and wings outstretched and ready for flight... he made several attempts to escape until finally we stowed him away under the stroller, where he made one more attempt at freedom (he must have seen the commercials for toy story 3)... later, after our hot dog eating was done, we tried to clean up with one wipe... there is only so much bbq sauce and mustard and ketchup one wipe can clean up!

  i am afraid asher went home with a messy face... i haven't looked at my face recently... not since this morning... who has the time to look! with kids at home! :)... so, i suppose i could have my fair share of bbq/special sauce on my face... on a different note i have discovered, through sad experience, that one should never get in an argument with food on their face... it really diminishes your believability (not the word i am looking for)... but that is a past story that involves chocolate... a little girl bravely singing "i am not afraid of anything" while swinging as vigorously as she could... and some random woman asking her to stop... it wasn't really an argument... more of an intervention :)

(i did leave out a few details of this walk... namely: the many times i   had to persuade my child not to jump into the duck pond, to not get closer to the hissing mother duck, to leave the sleeping baby ducks alone, to come back to the stroller so we could go home, to not throw the big rocks because then you get yucky poopy pond water on you and me... isaac slipping through my arms as i try to restrain or help asher to do something... etc etc.... sure there is joy with parenthood but it only comes after the hard work!) :)







well... here are the rest of the pics... just randomly posted from yesterday... today's conversation being from our walk today