IT WAS VERY VERY WARM!! The temperatures were in the high 40’s. I thought is was January, the long horrid month of never ending coldness. But today was warm, and we are over half-way through the longest month of the year (although some years that’s actually February).

We made it hiking today. Not snowshoeing, since the trail did not require it. There was tons of snow melt. Some parts of the trail were a little dangerous because of the rapid melting of snow. There was even a scary moment when snowballs came crashing down the mountain on top of us. Joe was the only one hit, and not badly. But it was gorgeous and worth the small amount of danger. We hiked my most frequented hike (I’ve been doing this since I could hike) and one of my favorites–Battle Creek Falls. Not long, gorgeous waterfall, and lots of fun memories.

Of course hiking there meant visiting my grandparents down the street. We had a great lunch together, and Joe scared Peter with a remote control race car. While we were there Peter blew out his diaper, and I did not have a change of pants. This was before the hiking, so I thought our opportunity to hike was lost. Luckily I layered today. My purple shirt turned into purple leggings for Peter. I am not so proud of my mommy-preparedness skills but very proud of my creative mommy-skills.

Here are the pictures:

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*P.S. What do you do when your kid goes to sleep at 5:30 because he still needs two naps, but not all the time, and he was extremely tired and you were just not fighting any more with him to stay awake? He’s still asleep at 7:15, I guess I should go wake him up and at least get some dinner in him.