The 3 Things Take a Nature Walk

For those who were interested, we did not end up going here this weekend. After two weeks of being sick, we decided it was a smarter parenting choice to take our well and healthy chillins out for a . . .

Nature walk! While the Minto Ecohome secretly called out to me all afternoon yesterday, I knew in my heart it was not going to be a completely children-friendly activity. We needed a good dose of kick-up-your-heels family time and a whiff of fresh air!

We buckled Thing 1 into his new, very pricey, car seat. Armed with oodles of market research and data, as well as testimonials from moms of young children, I headed out to purchase the Britax Frontier last week. While Britax has been a leader in car seat manufacturing for some time, they only recently started carrying them in Canada. Thing 1 is a slight little fellow. At age four he weighs only 32 pounds . . . which is eight pounds away from the required weight a child must be to ride in a significantly less expensive booster seat. This seat should last us a long time, however, because it converts to a booster and can be used up to 100 lbs. With three kids who are eventually all going to use it, I felt it was cost-effective enough for me! (Yet mildly painful for our new budget.)

"Let's go mommy! Wilderness beacons!"

Upon our arrival at the hiking trail, we were greeted by this guy . . .

. . . who turned around to give us a better shot.

We were later joined by his close friend and buddy . . .

and his long-lost cousin, twice removed.

It's such a beautiful time of year here, literally everything was in bloom, green, and growing like crazy.

Thing 1 searches for bull frogs. (He found many.)

Mommy gets a break to enjoy the sunshine. This is my "Swamp Mama" look, by the way.