Since Tim had to work all week and the girls were wanting to do something with him so badly we decided to venture out on a hike Friday after he got home from work. We found a neat mountain (I use that term loosely) called Stone Mountain to hike. One side of it was just a huge piece of granite. We made hobo dinners (can you call them that or is that not pc?) and took them up with us. They had covered picnic tables with fireplaces so after the hike we built a fire and cooked the food. The girls loved the hobo dinners. Especially Alexa since that is one of her favorite words. (We found that out when we were driving through down town Winston Salem and she said, "Why are all these people walking around, they look like hobo's? I know it shouldn't be funny but at the time, I didn't even know she knew what that word was. So when I told her we were having hobo dinners she was pretty excited.) And of course it wouldn't be a campfire with out s'mores. McKenna loved the marshmallow's.
The girls have a Pooh book that we've read a billion times where Pooh plays a game called Pooh sticks. The idea is each person (or in Pooh's case, each animal) takes a stick and drop it off the edge of the bridge at the same time then you run across and whoever's stick comes out the otherside first, wins. When we came across this bridge the girls were so excited the HAD to try the game. They all grabbed sticks to float down the creek. Here's Maya's choice, a little overkill, but if it wasn't, it wouldn't be her.
We came to a waterfall that was beautiful. I am generally pretty fearful of heights, but my fear gets even worse when one particular child (her name starts with M and ends with aya) is around because she has no fear. There were some uncomfortable spots that she just tried to run through. The thought still makes me nervous.
Here's looking up the waterfall. Everything was still wet from the rain at the beginning of the week so we had to be careful with the ground being slick - but not Maya, of course.
And it wouldn't be a hike with out seeing some deer. We had a great time and can't wait to go back. Only if our schedules would permit it.
5 comments:
Wow - you don't just hike a mountain, you conquer it! You brought dinner and desert and made it an adventure! Way to go. I just want to know who built that amazing fireplace at the top of the mountain?
Fun, fun, fun. (Gotta love Maya's Washington T-shirt.)
SOOO neat. Loved both of these posts and I actually teared up, those toenails were SO tiny and cute. You know me, no girls with toenails to paint.
There is nothing like a good nature/trail walk. We are big fan of such outtings. The kids always gain so many memories and a greater love and appreciation for nature/Jesus' creations when we go on these kinds of walks. Love the game idea, we have a similar game, but our is more like a boat race but with sticks and we watch how far our sticks can get down the stream/river/waterfall, or whatever flowing water we are throwing them in. So FUN!!!
What a cool outing! Love the pic of you and the girls and the one with Tim carrying your baby in the baby backpack.
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