We joined the Kaos for a hike to the Stanford Dish this morning. We met up with them there at 8:30am and managed to finally find a parking. We were worried about the cold weather, so the four of us were all bundled up. But the weather turned out very nice that we slowly stripped a few layers. As soon as we began the hike, Connor wanted to get lazy in the stroller. Logan and Mckayla both started very strong as they were excited; they both were walking fast and running at times, even while going uphill too. The hike was very hilly but we were making good time toward our 1/2 way point, the Dish. The big kids were energized, giggling with each other while they walked. Marcus was very good walking at least half of the time holding his parent’s hand. Connor continued to prefer staying in the stroller eating cranberries. We finally made it to the Dish; the kids felt accomplished and were rewarded with a bar each.
We continued onto the 2nd half of the loop, and we started hearing some whining from various participants. Connor did come out to walk here and there; Logan also took advantage of the stroller for a short stretch. The last 30 minutes was hardest; it took more encouragement to get Logan to walk. He did not care to play games or to walk anymore. Stuart finally had to carry him for the last stretch, and we think that Logan actually fell asleep on Stuart’s shoulder. It was tough to push the stroller through the hills too, and so we all definitely had a great exercise today. After two hours of hiking, we made it back to the starting point. Mckayla walked the entire way; both Logan and Marcus did well too walking a lot of it. Connor spent majority of the time in stroller, and by then, he wanted to return up the hill for more hiking. We decided not to join the Kaos for lunch as we wanted to go home to recover. This was a tough but great hike, and it was a definitely a great start for a new year. Hopefully we can keep up doing more exercise with the kids.
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