The Catwalk

Saturday, Dave surprised me with a picnic lunch and a trip to the "Catwalk". If you're not a Silver-Citian: the catwalk is about 1 hour and 20 minutes north of Silver City and it's a well-known attraction around here. In fact, when I told people this was my first time going there, they were shocked! It was built for mining purposes a long time ago, but now it's a beautiful hike along Whitewater River. The catwalk itself is a suspended metal walkway along the sides of cliffs and across the river. When you're on it, you can look down and see the river flowing beneath you!

It's a little over 2 miles round-trip, and Caroline actually did a great job walking most of the way. (That is until she had a little accident half-way...yes, one of those kind of accidents! I'll spare you the details!)

Caroline's favorite part was throwing rocks into the water!

It was so much fun! The weather was great and the scenery was so beautiful! This is one thing I love about Silver City - there are so many great outdoor things to do and see around here. I wish we had discovered this earlier!

Things I never thought I'd say:

* "Hey, please take your fork out of your nose."

* "Kitties don't eat jellybeans."

* "Please stop licking me."

* "I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the map"

* "No more - I think 5 pancakes is plenty."

* "Let's get that spaghetti out of your hair"

* "Mommy needs a time-out!"

Penny Park

People often ask us how we like living here. We definately think Silver City has its ups and downs. One thing that we will definately miss is a big park that we live just one block away from.

Penny Park is really one of the coolest playgrounds I've ever seen. It's made of all wood and has some great features!

One thing I really like about it is that it's split into two sections: one for older kids and one for younger kids. The little kids side has toddler swings, smaller slides, and tons of things to clime on. It's perfect for hide and seek! It's great that it's set up this way so you don't get the bigger kids running all over the little ones!

I know when we move in a couple of months there will be plenty of places for us to go as a family and play, but I think we'll miss Penny Park and always think of it when we think of our time here.

P.S. I added some new pictures to the side-bar - check 'em out!

Our "Digi-Scrapbook"

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

We moms eat this stuff up!

I think every mom has taken a picture like this! We just can't help it! It's so adorable to see your big strong man snuggled up and fast asleep with your sweet little baby!

Time flies on Blogger

So I decided to get with it and fancy-up my blog a little (branch out from the default blogger templates). That was about an hour and a half ago! I can't believe I spent a whole nap-time on the couch beautifying my blog! I feel like I just wasted 90 minutes of my life and I fear I'm getting addicted to the computer! My laptop is now practically an extension of my actual lap! Between this new blog thing, my family's website, Modbe, selling on ebay/half.com, indexing, and facebook - I spend way too much time on this thing! In fact, a few weeks ago, David was saying he was getting a little jealous of the computer and started calling it my boyfriend! He even named the laptop, "Ted" ! I'm turning off the computer now and I'm going to go play Hungry Hippos with my daughter!