Hiking

Today I took the kids and 2 friends hiking at our local Pocket Wilderness which is part of the Cumberland Trail.  We had a lot of fun despite the fact that we were in a hurry to hike in and out before nap time meltdowns (didn't make it) and the rain (made that one--still hasn't rained today).  We had lots of fun once the kids got over the disappointment that since I was the loan adult we were not getting off the trail and we were definitely not going in the water.  The following pictures are from today; I forgot my camera of course as I usually do so they are taken with my low-tech camera.  Besides that they would have probably been blurry anyway on the real camera because all these were taken in a big hurry while I chased the 7 kids so that I could keep everyone in sight.

Little Buddy was lagging behind and our little friend went behind to help him. 

Holding his arms up to keep the leaves out of his face.

The group with a head cut off.  This was a steep rock they chose to sit on.

This one is especially blurry because my not-quite 2 year old is suspended on this steep rock.

We made it back to the parking lot!

This most excited little girl threw herself down several times on the way back to the car as she was very tired.  She walked the whole way though (she had to!!).

Talking about Lego's now that the hike is over.