Nina and Lyla have been on Spring Break this week. Since we didn’t go anywhere, we’ve tried doing something fun each day to enjoy the week off school.
On Monday, we met up with the cousins and took a trip to visit PB. As always, he had an afternoon of picture taking planned, so I snapped a few while the girls were posed for his pictures. We had brought their Easter dresses for some pictures, so here’s a little before and after shot of the five girls.
Tuesday was rainy and cold, so I took the girls indoor swimming which they really enjoyed.
The sun was back out on Wednesday, so we set out for a trip to Great Falls National Park. The day started out rather chilly. We raced through our picnic lunch because the girls were freezing, but once we got hiking along the River Trail, we warmed up quickly.
Of course we had Cayenne with us. She was so into the sniffing and exploring of all the new things along the trail that I figured it would end up being a great day if she didn’t pull me into the Potomac! I was surprised at how far the kids wanted to hike. We took the rather challenging (for kids) River Trail and climbed rocks and hiked anywhere we could go with two kids and a dog. Thankfully Cayenne is very athletic. She looked like a little mountain goat on some of the rocks!
However, as I expected would happen, they kept wanting to go further and further on the River Trail, and only wanted to turn around when they were completely exhausted. That means, of course, that we still had to make it back to the parking lot, but we found a much more direct and easy to traverse trail on the way back to the car. So while there was still a lot of moaning and groaning about tired legs, we did eventually make it back to the car.
I had to keep reminding them that all along the River Trail they were the self named “Adventure Girls” who I need not worry about when it came to climbing rocks and handling the River Trail. They could do it all, they were Adventure Girls. Well, it took a lot out of the Adventure Girls to make it back to the car, but we did make it back!
On Thursday, Nina, Lyla, Cayenne, and I got to meet Mousey for lunch, then we went back to their house for jump roping, snake hunting, and stick picking. Sounds like a good afternoon in the country!
So, we’ve had a nice spring break week. While it isn’t over yet, its winding down. Nina said to me today that she wished spring break wouldn’t end, and even though that can’t be the case, it’s nice to know that summer break isn’t too far around the corner.
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