Oh Deer!

After being turned away at our gym yesterday afternoon, the kids and I wound up at the greenway for a little exercise.

Let me back up a bit.....

I have started back at the gym (finally!!) and am really enjoying an hour or so each day to exercise a bit while the kids are in the childcare. Ella and Aidan LOVE the gym and talk constantly about the yellow ball and lots of dump trucks! In fact, they even keep me on schedule for our gym visits by begging to "Go to gym and Mommy go work out" each afternoon!

Apparently our gym childcare does not open on Friday afternoons until 5 PM. Every other day of the week is opens at 4PM. Needless to say, yesterday afternoon we walked in and were turned away. The walk back to the car was a tough one with Ella deciding to play limp noodle and scream and cry and Aidan shouting "But why are we leaving Mommy" and refusing to move.

I managed to wrangle them to the car and we found ourselves at the greenway instead.

I conned them into getting into the stroller with the promise of playing with their favorite stump and that we would see water in the pond. I was thrilled that they were on board with using the stroller, as I actually got in a 3 mile walk/run - and pushing 80 pounds is no small task!

As it turned out, we saw more than just the stump and water in the pond. As we rounded a corner, "Bambis" were there on the trail to greet us!

We stopped and stayed still for roughly 10 minutes as the entire family of deer slowly made their way across the trail and then grazed for a while before heading off into the woods.

Ella and Aidan were perfectly silent as we watched the deer, and I learned that you do not have to be a child to find the simple wonder of experiencing the beauty of nature in action. I enjoyed it just as much as they did!