Tuesday, January 3, 2012

new year staycation

We were lucky enough to have four whole days together as a family for the New Year holiday. On Friday, Gus and I got to see a movie together - a v. rare occurrence, and on Saturday we went to the kiddie New Year bash.

Sunday we took a trip to the zoo, where Little Miss J loves to pet the goats. We've taught her how to pet Carl gently and so she was really careful when petting the goats. On a side note, I've also learned that she thinks every animal is a puppy. If it isn't a person, it's a puppy. We're working on that one.

Little Miss J also had a good time trying out all the logs. Not too big. Not too small. This one was just right.

 On our last day of staycation we went for a hike at Lost Dutchman State Park. Hiking uphill with an extra 30 lbs on your back isn't easy. Neither is trying to take a picture of your toddler while she is on your back. Little Miss J found the carrier offensive on the way down and so Mr. Chunglund had to carry her on his shoulders, which she liked much much better.

When we started out, Little Miss J tried to do her part by hiking on her own. If we had let that continue, we'd probably still be hiking.


After our hike, we had a delicious south Indian buffet with a friend from work. We had a relaxing four days, and I am looking forward to more family weekends now that Mr. Chunglund has a new job!

2 comments:

Wild Reed said...

Nice post! Wonder what V would think of the goats?

Nina B said...

Perhaps we can find out when you two visit!