I'm a Proud Mama!

This morning David was being a little more than a handful during some very busy activities that involved both Dustin and me.  I asked David to please play in the living room and when he continually kept returning to our busy-ness, he was sent to his room.  He went crying and very sad to be there.  When our project was all said and done I went back into his room to talk about what had happened.  This is how our conversation went:

Me:  David, when Mommy and Daddy ask you to do something we need you to do it.  We want you to be safe.

David:  Okay, Mommy.  Sorry.  I try.

I just about melted.  He said sorry and that he would try all on his own with no prompting from me.  I was so proud of him in that moment and I realized just how fast he is growing up and all the things that he is learning.

Zapata Falls Completed

This is David thoughts at the beginning of the morning when we left for our super fun family adventure! PRICELESS!

Luckily his disposition changed as the adventure went on.

And so begins the story....

At 9000 feet we begin our adventure and this is how the Sand Dunes look from where we were.

This is David as begin our 400 foot ascent up to Zapata Falls. He was such a trooper. This hike was perfect for him and his abilities. We only had to hike a whopping 1/4 mile to the falls and the most beautiful thing we have seen here since moving to the San Luis Valley. For a little while David really enjoyed stopping to sit on anything he could.

Isn't this little stream just wonderful? It's running low right now so we didn't have to wade in a super deep stream. This water was COLD! Thankfully it was also only as deep as my ankle. We had to walk through this to get up into the cave to see the falls. David was very eager to go through the stream on his own. By the end of wading he wanted to get out and would periodically shiver until we got back on land.

This is the site we found after wading through the water and keeping David from falling in. The falls really were very beautiful and it was so fun for us to go together as a family.

Dragon Hunting

Dragon fly hunting that is.

We went down to the Rio Grande River (it's about 5-10 minutes away walking distance), David wanted to see the water. We found a red dragon fly and the hunt began to catch a red dragon fly. We saw so many amazing colors! I had know idea that dragon flies came in so many different colors. We also learned that we can crop pictures on our camera. Enjoy the before and after pictures.

Our first gold dragon fly.

Can you find the blue dragon fly?

This was the first red dragon fly we were able to catch.

This is really cool because in the original picture the tops are all in the shot. The close-up is really neat because we got in focus.

I saved the best for last....

This is my favorite dragon fly that we found. The gold wings are so pretty with the sun reflecting on them.

When we weren't hunting David was playing in the river. Dustin found some raccoon tracks and made a comment that the prints looked like hands, so David decided to imitate the tracks. David really enjoyed running around in the water. Next time I will put him in his swim trunks before we head over there.

Anyone who knows me....

knows how much this disgusts me:

My son loves to eat cold cereal for breakfast with milk in it and he lets it sit for a while before he eats it.  It gets all soupy and soggy before he finishes with it.  Can you believe it?  Today he wanted sliced strawberries in his crispy rice.  He loves crispy rice.