Waterfall

I've sat down to write a couple of times since the last post but it was after a long difficult day with Landon and I just couldn't bring myself to publish the debbie downer post that I had written. I'm sure I'll share one like that sooner than later but for now we'll keep it on the light side.

We had a busy Easter weekend as I'm sure most of you had as well. Jason and I were so pleased that we had two successful outings with Landon. We went to an Easter Egg hunt at a corn maze/farm and took him to Bridal Falls. There was a little bit of yelling when we first got to the corn maze but thankfully there was a swing set and a huge bouncy pillow that he absolutely loved! We knew he wouldn't care about the egg hunt or the bag of treats but were hopeful that he would be happy with the other things there. He happily jumped for close to an hour with daddy while I took Adrianah on the egg hunt. We might just have to turn our yard into a big bouncy pillow!

Taking him to Bridal Falls was a much bigger deal than the farm though. Anytime we had ever thought about going there we quickly laughed at the idea. With Landon's love of water and loud noises we have always opted out of taking him near a waterfall or down to a river. Obviously. He asks for the bath/pool/water balloons/hose etc every day and a waterfall would blow his mind! We imagined that he would not be satisfied to just hear it from afar and it would become a battle of keeping him away. It wasn't something that we wanted to try because if he gets upset up at the waterfall, it would be a long hike down to the car with a flailing child. I guess we were both feeling brave that day and figured even if it goes poorly we will have a story to tell about the one time we took Landon to the mother of all water sources.

Landon doesn't really know what a waterfall is but when we told him we were going to a waterfall he was intrigued. Maybe it was our overly excited voices that convinced him he would like it. He did very well walking up the trail to the falls. I think it helped that he could hear the water from the parking lot. Jason took him to the stream and he was enjoying sticking his hands in the water even though he occasionally asked us to make the water warm for him.

 Jason was feeling much braver than me at this point and decided they could make the final hike up the steep rocky hill to the top where the waterfall was. I nervously followed behind them and took pictures as I tried not to fall on my own. It was so awesome to see them sitting at the base of the falls while Landon leaned down to touch the water. It made the stressful moments so worth it. At the time, I probably would have said otherwise as I watched Jason climb back down the mountain with Landon on his shoulders. I think Jason had to completely tune me out as I was 10 feet behind him yelling..."Jason...Jason...stop...Jason...wait for me....Jason...This is crazy....Jason.....Be careful!". I was freaking out. Just ask my sister in law.

I really like this photo of the two of them in front of the waterfall. It makes me feel happy that he was able to get so close and experience the power of it but at the same time I feel sad about the fact that he can't see the beauty of what's behind him. I like to think that the sound of it falling is just as impressive to him as it is for us to see it. Anyway, I think we'll definitely be going back, maybe not right up to the top, but we'll go back.