This past weekend we went to see the salmon in a Bear Creek nearby our house. We heard there were a lot – and boy, there were! There were plenty that were dead in the creek, you could smell ‘em. But, there were plenty that were making their way up and Alex pointed them out to me. We found a little trail and Alex climbed down and found a ‘fishin’ pole’ and started fishin’. We walked over a bridge and he pointed out all the fish to me.
We then walked up a big hill, and as if I were trying to wear out one of my dogs, challenged him to a race up to the gate. Of course, this was great fun and it served a dual purpose – to get out some of his physical energy. We brought Bella along and her speediness proved to be a great motivator to him. He said to me “Mama, Bella beat-ed me” and was sad a little bit as he has an obsession right now with being first, the leader, in everything. But, the fun of being outside and running around quickly helped that out.
He played on the gate for a bit and then we made our way back to the car.
All right before nap time….
0 comments:
Post a Comment