old school wood playground

as if i needed another excuse for not exercising, natalie no longer enjoys sitting in her stroller while i walk. someone even said to me recently, "she'll stay in the stroller?!" "of course!" i replied, jinxing myself. now she kicks and screams when i say we're going for a walk. and when we get to the lake, she throws a fit to get in the stroller. eventually she gets in but she'll hop out at any given moment. i've run over her leg twice. i stop while she picks dandelions, sits on a bench, walks, runs, gets a drink from the fountain.... it's all darling except that it's hardly exercise. i know it's something but it's not the huffing and puffing i need to feel. i'm intentional about walking around a lake with no playgrounds so she's not even more distracted, so the current bribe is that we'll go to a playground after i finish my walk. so here is us one day doing just that. it was a beautiful day and a beautiful neighborhood. someday i'll take pictures of some of the houses i would be happy to have!

enjoying the swing myself!