well okay... he didn't really go wild he was born that way... but he is taking a nap... and so is isaac... which means mommy free time! i spent the majority of this morning trying to get ready to go on a walk... which can turn into quite the ordeal... with two boys to feed, two diapers to change ( i am going to be brave and start potty training!!!!), two boys to dress (and myself... i am a little bit easier to dress because i don't run away and play games but only if i can find decent clothes to wear), i have the food and water to prepare so i can bribe them back into the stroller when it is time to go home, and then just the normal distractions i face on a day to day basis...if i can get over those hurdles we can go on a walk... and then i spend the middle of my afternoon on the walk and trying to persuade asher to come home with me when it is finally time to come home...needless and sad to say, because i spent all my time doing that...
there ARE dishes in the sink and toys on the floor... sigh... but we did play and have fun outside for about two hours... we went to one of byu's duck ponds...it has two duck ponds... one is murky and stinky and yuck!!!! the other is clear and clean with a waterfall and stream and rocks to climb on... it is a recent discovery of ours and we have enjoyed going now that we know it is there... although... everytime we have gone asher has "fallen" into the water soaking himself and his diaper... by the way what are the rules for changing diapers in a public park?
it would have been nice to have a camera to capture the beauty of the day...but i don't have a camera right now (i lost the battery charger... sigh...)... there were some beautiful moments i would have loved to capture today... for instance, we climbed to the top of the waterfall and played in the water... asher put his hands in the falling water and accidentally sprayed everyone that was up there with us... isaac was crying because he was getting wet so i was distracted and didn't realize how wet he was getting everyone (there was a couple romantically persuing a book together... taking turns reading it out loud... and a giggle of girls, seven and under, playing in the water too)... the couple was really sweet though and offered to take isaac while i rescued my son from climbing over some steeper rocks... i decided the waterfall was not a safe place to go yet... or by myself with two little boys... one that gets himself into scrapes and the other who must be held while getting other said boy out of his predicament... it is especially frustrating when that little boy won't listen and stop and come back so that i find myself leaping around like a mountain goat while carrying a nine month old in my arms... every leap becoming a potential fall and roll down the waterfall or into the water with him... i may be too paranoid it is true... but... well there you have it... if josh was with me then it wouldn't be so bad... but he is working and back in school again...
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