A Walk in the Park

We joined every other family in our area for a walk in the local park. Seriously, this place was so packed that people were parking on the grass! Bryce and I thought it would be nice to get Charlotte out of the house and let her do some exploring now that she is big enough to walk by herself. Ha! Charlotte really showed us who's boss, we ended up carrying her more than she walked. We even found a nice shaded trail that went down to a little waterfall and creek but she was not having it! We had to take at least two time outs to sit on the trail and scream that we didn't want to go any further but by then we had gone too far to just turn back. Charlotte was way more interested in following the people walking their dogs than seeing some stinky old creek any way! We were so shocked, we really thought all little kids love to be outside on their own. Charlotte goes nuts in our backyard and never wants to come back in. I think she just didn't understand where we were trying to go and that we were going on a walk rather than just making her go somewhere.
We did get some really cute pictures though:










Once she realized there was also a playground life was good again....until it was time to go home! That was another fit that had to be carried away. Whew, toddlers are exhausting!