Castle Rock Adventure

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We moved to a town called Castle Rock. There's a rock on top of a hill that looks like a castle. Castle Rock. In order to get my thighs back in shape, as well as get Aiden out of the house, I decided to take the boys hiking up Castle Rock the other day. Thirty minutes in, Aiden got a poopy diaper, so I changed it on the trail. Once we got to the top Sam was hungry, but his bottle of milk was still frozen (I was banking on hotter weather) so I nursed him at the top. By this time, Aiden was pretty exhausted. No amount of coaxing in the world could get him to stand up and get moving. So I carried him down most of the way with Sam still strapped to me.

Total time spent: 2 hours
Time to get down the mountain: 15 minutes
Time spent hiking up the mountain: Priceless... or 1 hour 45 minutes
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Jessica Shumway said…
You are an amazing mom! We lived there for a year and never did this...wish we were still there!
August 26, 2009 at 6:39 PM
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