Spring Outdoors Fun

Spring has finally arrived and the weather is GORGEOUS!! It already feels like it's on the verge of being too hot, so we've been getting outside every day to enjoy it while it's still so pleasant. Peter had the whole day to spend with us. This morning we loaded the kids in the bike trailer and had a great bike ride around Liberty State Park. Asher absolutely hated the bike trailer every time we tried it last year. He would scream and cry the whole time, so we were so glad he loved it today. Kaia is not really sleeping in this picture; she didn't want her picture taken:

After lunch, we felt like we still wanted to go somewhere so we went to a nature conservancy nearby with lots of hiking trails. We'd never been before, but I'm sure we'll go back after today. Here are some of the highlights. Asher had the time of his life throwing rocks in a little stream. He probably did this for 30 minutes straight.



Kaia got the idea in her head that we both needed walking sticks. She found herself a reasonably sized one, but the "stick" she found me should really be called a walking tree. It was huge. And it wouldn't be New Jersey without the graffiti on the building in the background:

When we were getting ready to leave the stream and head back to the car, I asked Peter how long it had taken us to hike in. He said probably 45 minutes. So I was expecting a long, rather tiring walk back since I would be carrying Kaia on my shoulders the whole time because she was worn out. Well, 5 minutes into our return hike, the bridge we first walked over to enter the "forest" was within sight. We were back at our car not 10 minutes after we left the stream. I hadn't thought Kaia's meanderings had added so much time to the trip!