Silver Lake with My Boys!!

Tonight I took the boys to walk around Silver Lake. It's always been Rad and I's thing to drop Wren off at the top of Big Cottonwood to ride his bike down, and while we wait for him, we go walk around Silver Lake. We have done this since Rad was super tiny. I can still remember, so vividly, what his fat little face looked like as I pushed him in the stroller up there. He's always been so alert and flabbergasted (I've been wanting to use this word for awhile now just because it's such an awful one!) by the outdoors. Where has the time gone?! 

Well tonight was Bear Boy's first time joining us and, as always, he was an absolute gem. Mr. Happy Baby, I don't think there's anything Bear doesn't like to do! It was that much cooler having double the fun there. Rad was such a sweetheart, saying things like, "Oh my GOSH Mommy! It's such BEAUUUUTY up here!" And talking about everything from the Bushy Tails, to the cut down logs, to admiring all the artists painting the scenery. It was so beautiful!

I'm beyond glad I had our camera. As we were almost back to the parking lot, I was really debating whether or not to get Bear our of his car seat to take a couple pictures of them because the lighting was so perfect. Well I'm SO happy I did! Note to self... ALWAYS GET THE BABY OUT OF THE CAR SEAT EVEN IF IT SOUNDS BUTT NASTY HARD! Ha! Because I will treasure these pictures forever. They capture exactly the special little relationship that these brothers already have. Radcliff is honestly so sweet to Bear. If he ever cries, he's there in a second, helping him put his Passy Boy back in, or handing him toys, or just wrestling him. They wrestle and laugh all day long, and let me tell you, Bear is brutal to Rad! Like kicks him in the face, hard, with his fat little legs! Don't let him fool you. You'll get a fat lip! But Rad just takes it. It's hilarious! Sometimes Rad doesn't wake up in the morning for a couple hours after Bear has, and after about an hour, I'm like, "We need Rad!" He's just so helpful and they have so much fun together! I can't compete! I have two sisters, and one brother, so I have never really gotten to witness the special bond between brothers, and it just makes my heart so happy. I hope they always stay close and above all, that they get to go on lots and lots of adventures together.

 

They look like twins here!...

 This is how they wrestle! 

Bear's fat legs... I'm making preparations to eat them as I type this!

And that tongue. I'm eating that tongue!

Silver Lake- It's Our Thang + Link Up

I'll tell you what, this kid loves the mountains. No seriously? Give him a view of some trees, a lake, throw him a rock, let him dig his little finger nails in the dirt, and he's happy for hours.  We shuttled Wren to a trail at the top of Big Cottonwood last week, and while he rode, Rad and I walked around Silver Lake. You see, this has kind of been mine and his thing since he was born. It's always just been the two of us while Dad rides. I remember coming up when he was only about a month old and hurrying around the lake so the mesquites wouldn't get him and so I could nurse him before we had to pick Wren up at the bottom. I was still a nervous mommy and my uncertainty definitely showed. I wondered if he liked going around the lake? We came a few times as he grew a little bit more and we saw the brightly colored leaves and I wondered if Radcliff recognized the beauty around us. Last week we ran into a mother duck and her babies and Radcliff was just plain old amazed. We sat and watched them for awhile and it was the cutest thing staring into Radcliff's big brown eyes as he carefully watched them. After, we headed down to the water and he clapped his chubby hands (that look exactly like my chubby hands) and he wanted to touch it so bad. We walked past the pine trees and as he felt them he looked up at me as if he was saying, "Look Mom! It's sharp!" My point is, last week was by the far best time we've had because he understood so much more than he ever has before. I understand so much more about him than I ever have before. As each month passed in Radcliff's life I felt a twinge of sadness knowing I'd never have him back at that age again doing the things he did during that stage, but this walk opened my eyes and I realized how much funner he has gotten! By like a million times! Although he can't quite talk yet, he definitely communicates with me and it's pretty rad (no pun intended).

And it's a bit early but...

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