arabia mountain

We took a couple hour break this afternoon to climb Arabia Mountain.  It was a sunny, WINDY, beautiful afternoon and getting out after almost a week of rain was wonderful.  Micah and Connor loved the fun and easy hike and did a great job spotting the stone 'towers' that kept us on the right track up.  

Logan started off in the hiking carrier and lasted all of three minutes.  I spent the whole way up convincing him that he wanted to walk straight and follow his daddy and brothers instead of trying to play in the puddles and throw rocks, sticks and pine straw everywhere.  He is quite the stubborn, independent one yet he is almost clingier than Connor was.  QUITE an interesting combination.  Thankfully I have learned through being a mom the past five years that you have to go into adventures assuming it's not going to go as planned so that when it doesn't you are prepared and if it does you are pleasantly surprised :) 

 We stopped at the top for a snack of popcorn and energy bites, watched some eagles fly around, and jumped off some rockish ledges on top of the rock mountain.  I wore Logan the whole way down hoping that being with me would make it easier for him to stay in.  Technically it worked as long as I didn't stop walking or stop humming "Following The Leader" from Peter Pan.

I love adventuring outside with all my boys and love that they let a girl adventure with them too :)