A Little Adventure

Jonah and I went on a little adventure today. Before I tell you about it, I’ll give you a little hint as to what it was:

You probably guessed it – wading! We’ve been hiking at a local open-space park a few times this fall, and a bit of the stream has been blocked off by a beaver dam, creating a perfect wading area. Poor Jonah was beside himself to get into the water when last we went, so I decided we needed rubber wading boots. His feet are just barely big enough for the tiniest boots I could find, and when he was wearing them around the house his feet slip out with each step. (Also, these are the first non-soft-soled shoes he’s ever worn, so walking was a big challenge.) Putting some bulky socks on him seemed to help, and once he got into the water with them, he did really great. No tumbles at all!

We are having such unseasonably warm weather that we wanted to take advantage of it right away, lest it disappear on us. Hard to believe we were wading while wearing short sleeves in November! We had such a fun time playing with sticks, our little boat-on-a-string, and of course petting any dogs that came by.

Once he got tired of the water (it is hard work slogging around in knee-deep water!) we played in the leaves for quite a while.

Even after we changed out of our wading boots, he had fun with them.

It was just our sort of adventure!