Exploring!

Gah...okay..so I just finished writing a really long blog entry, and my computer decided that it wasn't worthy and did some sort of screwy thing..resulting in the blog entry disappearing. So instead of re-writing the whole darn thing (which would just be too annoying to even attempt) I will give you a re-cap of what it said.:
#1) Liam has been sucky at sleeping this week. Not a new story for us. But last night Bill and I took a stand which ended up taking about 2 hours, lots of crying (Liam and myself! lol) and finally around 9:30, Liam falling asleep due to Bill's bright idea of putting a blankie in the crib with little man. Go Bill!! Just FYI..we did not do the cry it out thing, we just refused to rock Liam to sleep, he had to do it on his own. So if we did pick him up, there was no rocking.

#2) This week has been all about exploring Petawawa a little. Instead of going for our daily walk on the base (which was getting very boring and monotonous), we have been venturing out to new places.

#3) New place number 1 was this walking path I have driven past many times and never stopped in to see it. After walking down this massive hill (not so easy with stoller and dog in tow) and walking by a somewhat creepy, really old cemetary (all fenced in with barbed wire and everything...I think the graves are from the settlers of Petawawa)...you come to this huge open paradise. There is a pond with ducks swimming around, you can see the river rapids just beyond it, there are beautiful gazebos, open green grassy areas to play soccer or whatever, a fire engine shaped play structure for the little ones, and a little mini sandy beach area. Gorgeous! And the trail is nice and paved, and follows the river so all you hear is the water and the birds chirping. I will take pics the next time I go.

#4) New place number 2 was Petawawa Point, a beach that it pretty close to our place. It does involve driving to it though, but I am an expert in packing up the van on my own at this point in the mommy game.

The view from this beach is spectacular on a rainy day...but today was sunny and perfect and the view was amazing! You can see all these little islands everywhere, and the hills in the distance. There were kids playing in the sand, and all the cottagers along the water were out enjoying the weather. Cottagers are always so friendly don't you find? People were saying hi to us left, right and center :) We went for about a 45 min. walk, stopping along the way to give Liam his bottle and to cool down in the shade along the fast moving part of the river (we were on a hill overlooking it).

Evidently there was a moose sighting along the river today so there were a couple of people with their binoculars out trying to see him (including this really cute kid with glasses. He was so excited!). As great as the walk was, I was happy to get home and get little man into the air conditiong. Love the weather, but I don't like Liam to be out in it for too long. So we are all caught up now...and as soon as Liam wakes up from his nap, the rest of our day will be filled with lots of playing and banana puffs (I love the way he almost smooshed them into his mouth!! SO cute!). Go out and enjoy the weather...and explore new places! You might be surprised what you can find in your own backyard (I was!)