Family Fun
Sunday, October 21st, 2007About a week ago, Jared went on his first fieldtrip to Cool Creek Nature Park. He had a blast there but we didn’t get a chance to walk the trails. They had us doing too many activities. So today the family decided to go back and walk some of the trails. It was a beautiful day to be outside.
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As we walked through the woods, Jared decided he was the leader, so most of the walk all we saw was his back. Oh I guess I should explain the backpacks. We have been reading The Magic Treehouse books. In those the main character, Jack, takes a backpack with him on all his adventures. So, naturally, we had to take backpacks with us too.
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It really was a beautiful day here. And the creek runs through the whole park. You are either walking beside it or going over it.
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After walking for an hour the kids were tired. So instead of taking the path back, we deiced to take a shortcut across the creek. The first attempt Jared fell in. The second attempt went smoothly and everyone (including mom) made it across. I absolutely love the first picture of Beka and Jared on the rock.
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The nature center also has a playground. So even though the kids said they were too tired to walk any further, they had enough energy left to play on the playground awhile.