We headed out to Mt. Pisgah early this morning for a “breakfast picnic” and then to “hike” around for a while. Erin, who turns 8 months old tomorrow, rode around in the backpack for the first time. She absolutely loved it, cooing and giggling almost the entire time.

Evan walked on his own the whole time. And while he did complain a little about being tired — I mean, c’mon, you’d hardly expect anything different from a 3 year old! — he did a great job and seemed to enjoy it overall. Of course, it helped that I spotted a big old toad just sittin’ on a log in the water garden area. Any time Evan started complaining about being tired, we brought up that toad and let Evan’s imagination do the heavy-lifting of distracting himself from being tired. (As mentioned in this post, Evan loves the Frog and Toad stories.) Here’s a shot of our warty little friend:

I shot a little video and threw together the short movie at the end of this post. Jen even makes her narrative debut!

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