Neighborhood Walks

We take little walks around our neighborhood a lot. Have been doing so since Em was in a stroller. Then she got bigger & Jon was in the stroller. Then Jon got bigger & it was Kat's turn. The other day we had our first walk where all 3 kids actually walked the whole way. It was quite monumental actually. So yesterday I told the kids in the van on the way back from getting Em from school that we should take a walk. They all got excited. When we got home Kat looked at me & said "help you!" which, in baby speak, means she wanted me to help her with something. So I followed her to her room. She wanted me to get the little toy stroller out of the closet so she could...wait for it...push her beloved "Joy bear" in her stroller on the walk. It was too incredibly cute not to take pictures & share. She pushed that bear with pep in her step the whole way. She had so much fun that when we got back to the house & she realized the walk was over she cried. Until next walk...

(Jon got a ride in a stroller too, thanks to big sis Em. He was still getting over a bit of a cold & I decided to let him rest for our outing.)

These photos also remind me of a previous post with the same little toy stroller in it. The little tyke pushing it then (at almost the exact same age as Kat now) was Jon & he wasn't using it for it's usual purpose. You can read about that one here: "Smell" the Grass.