best buddies

ben, cole and i went on a walk this morning which was pretty adventurous for me since i can count on one hand the number of times i have left the house in the last two weeks. we went to the sand park and dug some big holes, buried ben's truck and dug it back out, and attempted to chase down a garbage truck (ben is totally obsessed with everything garbage truck right now.) usually at some point in our walks ben decides he wants to walk and not ride. as we were walking he saw this huge grassy area over by the pool and he wanted to go exploring. so we tromped through the soggy grass. ben was running and i was trying to keep up with cole strapped to me and pushing the jog stroller. ben saw the hills and decided to climb and of course he wanted me to race him up and down the hills. so i pushed the empty stroller up and down the hills hauling cole and huffing and puffing while ben raced ahead yelling, " ready! set! start your engines!" then we had to poke our fingers in all the holes that had filled up with water. i was getting a  bit exasperated, and not to mention exhausted with all of ben's antics. but then i stopped and realized that right now i am his best friend in the whole world. he wants to do everything with me and show me everything. before i know it i won't be so cool anymore. so i changed me attitude and soaked in every minute of his wild ideas and happily did whatever he wanted.