Buyer's Remorse

Loic has it.
(the hat was the purchase - the goggles are just part of an everyday rain suit (duh) )

We went to the Ecology centre and Loic was deciding between a "cool Palaeontology helmet" (your child is brilliant, Erika!) and a squishy lizard. He went for the helmet...and then had the most intense case of buyer's remorse I have ever seen. He was happily sitting in the back and suddenly he burst into (pretty fake) tears and said "oh no I wanted a squishy lizard!".

Luckily, an elaborate game of digging for fossils cured him. 

Abby might be broken. Cuddling? Really??

All of this hiking is tiring them out. They aren't spring chickens anymore. Ryan will be 6 in a month and Abby turns 9 this year. How did that happen??

Other than the grey you wouldn't know Abby is almost a senior...

This was her "I just found something REALLY EXCITING in that stump over there, why did you call me???" face. 

Lucy is no senior. 

It takes a lot to tire her out but it's so worth it...tired floppy Lucy is adorable!