First Landing State Park

Ok, here goes nothing...my first blog entry. I too have given into the peer pressure of blogging. Here's to you Sue!!! I know I was dragging my feet for awhile. Perhaps, I was thinking a little to much into it... safety of it, not being creative enough ect...What a great and fun way to remember all the high lights in everyday life!!

Yesterday we had the best day! It was one of those spontaneous let's be really daring and see what happens. Here's a little precursor to that...One thing Craig and I loved doing before we had kids was pack up the mountain bikes and hit the intense trails in Williamsburg. We have put that on the back burner for quite sometime. Today, we decided to try it with the kids...but a low key version. We headed to First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach. We love it there because you get such a mix of so many different types of nature. The deep woods feel, swamps, moss, the beach etc.. With our little munchkins in tow we were determined to make it the 6 miles to the end so we could hit the beach and see all the sites along the way but then it was also 6 miles back and YES, WE DID IT!!! Overall, the kids did great! Beforehand, we were prepared for the whining, crying, and complaining and we got a few intervals of that for sure. Right off the bat Bradley didn't want to be in the bike trailer (which normally he loves it) and wanted to walk. After we got thru that we were on our way. Once we hit the little bridge where you could stop and see all the little jelly fish and crabs his attitude changed and from then on he was loving every munute. At the end we enjoyed the beach and views. So many people had their boats docked along the shore and Craig and I were admiring how beautiful some of them were and doing a lttle dreaming of having a boat one day. Little miss Alayna's only problem was the way back. By then she was exhausted because of a missed nap and tired of being confined to her seat. With a few stops for some consoling and giving her as many crackers as she wanted...we make it back!!! It was so worth it just to feel the freedom again of being on the bikes with the wind in your hair cruising the trails. In a "kid friendly way." Sue, did I mention we seen a snake and Craig thought it was a water moccasin?? It actually started to wrap around my leg and Craig had to save me!!!