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Yesterday we made our way up to Gore Mountain to their fall festival to take in some of the beautiful foliage here in upstate NY!
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This gallery is also on Flickr.
Terrible twos?
For Brin and I, two was easy compared to three when toddler-hood ended and “I’m a little person who wants to become a part of society” began. Having a little boy is such an awesome yet challenging experience. Granted he’s always been a good boy, but it seems that all of a sudden things just started changing and the boundaries were being tested daily.
So it was really cool when in Maine last week when Brin and I had a chance to reflect and re-focus. One evening when the sun and beach finally got the best of BOTH of our little guys, they fell asleep in the double stroller we decided to keep walking. For the next hour or so we strolled the streets of Ogunquit and had a great talk about life, the kids and our direction as parents. Sure we’ve taken the classes and we’ve read the books, but it’s so hard to be completely prepared for all of the first-child-firsts They’re the parenting “guinea pig” so-to-speak. We found ourselves asking each other and friends, “what do we do here?” Or, “I know we read or heard about this situation somewhere, but still… what should we do?”
After the kids woke up from their stroller nap and the walk was done we both felt re-focused and back on track. Since that day a week ago we’ve seen very noticeable results in the little one’s behavior and it’s an awesome feeling to know that they are headed in the right direction as a result of one’s re-focused actions. I’m sure over the next 18+ years, Brin and I will take many more “focus walks” and that’s a good thing.
All I ask is: “God give us the grace and wisdom to raise Evan and Tanner right.” After all, there are no do-overs…
This was captured via Twitter in near real-time.
Then again I can’t imagine how Brin feels after going through all that.
Should be awesome!
