Family Walk

We went for a walk tonight for the first time as a family of five.  Here is how it went:

After supper we got the kids all ready to go which includes a 2 diaper changes & a potty break for Breena; shoes & coats on; shoes on a second time after Eli removes his; putting a coat on Toby & strapping him into the baby bjorn.  We were literally about ready to walk out the door when Toby started crying quite hysterically.  He needed to eat.  Toby isn't on any set schedule yet.  Sometimes he goes 2 hours between feedings & sometimes it's 5 hours.  He decided he needed to eat the moment we were trying to get out the door.  So I had to take off the baby bjorn & strip off sweatshirt in order to nurse him.  Breena understood that he needed to eat first but Eli was pretty angry.  He fussed & complained the whole time Toby ate.  Finally Toby finished up & we were able to head outside.  Breena insisted on riding her trike.  She isn't very good yet & it takes FOREVER to get anywhere but it's important to practice so we let her.  I pulled the wagon that Eli sat in and had Toby strapped to my chest.  Dave helped Breena with her trike.  Bree was doing pretty good & cruising along nicely when she spotted an orange leaf on the ground.  Naturally she had to pull over her bike, get off, pick up the leaf & put it in the storage compartment of her wagon.  Eli saw her to this and he was very upset that he was strapped in & couldn't get out to find a leaf for himself.  I tried handing him a leaf and he threw it on the ground.  We ignored Eli's complaints and kept on walking.  We made it about a block & a half and I asked Dave to check the time.  We had been walking for 25 minutes....and only made it a block & a half!  Had we continued our walk at this pace we wouldn't make it home before bedtime!  We convinced Breena to ride in the wagon with Eli so we could continue walking further.  Dave carried the trike.  The kids spent the rest of the walk fighting over where Breena's helmet should go & getting scolded for touching the wagon tires while we were in motion.  Close to a hour later we made it back home.  I consider our first family walk a sucess considering we have a 2 year old, 1 year old & a 12 day old!