Spring Strolls

We've been getting out a lot and enjoying the awesome weather we've been having.

Lilly loves to go on bike rides and Ella loves to ride on/in the stroller and the boys are just so easy going that they go along with anything! We love our walks in the afternoons. Sometimes Ella decides she needs to 'stop and smell the roses.'

Or the dogwoods...

Ella enjoys life. She is slow and deliberate and never in a rush. She takes it all in all the time. Lilly also loves life and takes it all in but in a different way... at lightning speed. I remember my mom telling me my entire childhood, "You're so quick!!" and I see that in Lilly. I make sure I don't repeat my mother's words because I hated hearing it! :-) Speaking of my mom, when I see azaleas I think of her. I don't know if she loved them or if it's because we had them in our yard but she's always on my mind when they're blooming in the spring.

Every now and then Ella shows her two year old self and exhibits some stubbornness. It's not often but when she gets her mind set, it's set. She has been known to hop off the stroller and insist on pushing it herself.

It takes a long time to get home this way but hey, this weather is so amazing I don't mind the extra time outside!