Sunday Hike to the Dunes

So we have been talkin up the sand dunes pretty hard. I may have mentioned that Batman, himself learned how to fly on these exact sand dunes. After church and lunch we were all jazzed up for the adventure on this gorgeous Los Osos day.
We headed out through the cypress grove, accompanied by several fluttering, brilliant monarch butterflies. There were the occasional gripes and moans from Kaleb and Pen. After being warned about rattle snakes and circumventing a few steaming piles of horseshit, Kaleb admits "I hate dis place. Poop libs here." and Penny reiterates,"I don't like it because ders poop, and lizuhds... And danguh here!". This led us into a new hiking version of Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My...."Danguh and Lizuhds and Poop Oh My!". All of these complaints uttered from the child that spend 99% of the journey on her papa's shoulders. At the end of the home stretch she belts out,"This sure was a great hike!"...gene and I look at her and just laugh, and she laughs right back like she knows how ridiculous that statement was.
When kaleb was at his lowest on the way back, I tried to impart some wisdom in regards to challenging experiences that build up our character. I referenced when Benny was born and how hard that was for Mommy. Kaleb's contribution to that part of the message was, "Oh yeah...when you threw that big fit in the bath tub."
The message didn't completely fall on deaf ears though, as he continued to reference, throughout the day, that he was stronger now because he didn't give up when he wanted to. Victory!
Oh, and Penny told Gabs on the way to church,"My ahmpits are cuter than yours."