Here Comes The Sun

Last Sunday, the weather was gorgeous. It’s been a long, wet and cloudy winter so a few days of sun and sixty degrees was too important not to let go to waste. Steve was at work and we had just done the zoo a few days earlier and I decided we needed a little Puget Sound action, so we hit the boardwalk down in Redondo. This time, I didn’t bring the stroller and figured I’d let Owen walk as much or as little as he wanted down the boardwalk. Since the boardwalk is fenced on both sides, Owen can only go up or back (easier for me to keep him where I want him to go!)

Owen was a champ! He RAN the entire length of the boardwalk which is ½ mile! Then he ran about ¾ of the way back until he decided he wanted to be carried the rest of the way. I knew he was tired because THAT had never happened before! But, since Owen likes to run a little forward and then a little backward, if you count all the backtracking he did – he definitely ran a full mile himself. We stopped at the playground for another 30 or so minutes before we had enough and called it a day. Owen had a great time…This walk is under the flight path, so we get to watch airplanes – the road next to the boardwalk is big for cruisers so every 5 or so minutes there would be a motorcycle which is another favorite – and between those things, we got to pet the majority of the dogs (aka: “woofs”) who passed by. The walkers on the route thought Owen was adorable (of course.) The only negative thing I can say is Owen favored the traffic side of the boardwalk where only a guardrail separates him from the cars and that made me extremely nervous, but all-in-all, a great day!

Some pics are below – these were taken on my cell phone so the quality isn’t great but you get the idea! The first is of Owen running down the boardwalk and the second is him looking down at the beach and really wishing I would let him down there.