The Peace Garden

This post is for all of you getting a foot of snow on the East Coast. Here’s what our winters are like.

We try to run in the park several times a week. If the weather is cooperating and it’s not raining, we’re lucky if we get a 20 minute run in before Miss Leyba declares she’s had enough of her jogging stroller and wants to get out and walk around.

In an attempt to give her more exploratory time, she and I have been taking more walks just the two of us in our neighborhood. We’re lucky if we get five houses down in the span of a half hour. She has to touch every tree and flower, lift up every rock, run her fingers through the gravel driveways, and walk up to front doors and practice going up and down the steps on the front stoops. She has a great time!

So yesterday we decided to hit a local park and just walk around and explore.

We went to The Peace Garden:

Oh, the pine cones. I think she was disappointed she could only fit one in each hand. She kept having to pick and choose about what she could carry around with her.

Playing in the gravel was really fun too. Look at those patterns! Miss Leyba loves making art wherever she goes.

Half the pictures we took show her running away from us, heading off to explore!

We then walked over to the dog park. Boy, was that exciting for our girl!

Watching dogs play sure takes some serious concentration!