We took our first trip to Rainier as a whole family today. Eden quickly found a good stick.
Which then became a good sword.
This is at shadow lake, a really neat spot by Sunrise that we'd never been too before. I think the thing at the end with little Tahoma peak is awesome.
At this point Eden has long given up on walking and is starting to get a bit goofy. Note the great camerawork while holding Elijah in one arm.
We decided to try one more brief (but very vertical) hike down to Sunset Lake. We'd never done this one either, but Eden really likes lakes. Note that I call it Spirit Lake in the video, which is not accurate. Spirit Lake is by Mt. St. Helens, which Eden still references several times per week as the place with the scary movie. Today she decided that someday when she was bigger she'd go back and try the movie again so things are looking up. We didn't tell her that Rainier is an active volcano.
Luckily we have no video of the trip back. Elijah screamed for a while before he and Eden both fell asleep, but shortly Eden woke up screaming because she'd peed and needed new pants and underwear. Elijah woke up and yelled for most of the rest of the trip. Things are going well for him otherwise and he really liked the parts of the trip that didn't involve a car. When we got home he seems to have doubled his rolling skills after straining against his car seat restraints. One day that giant baby will devour us all.
