Today’s big event was a church sponsored walk to raise money for alleviating world hunger. It was 6 mile walk around the town. The whole family went. Charles was in the stroller, pushed by Mom. I got Alice in the baby backpack. We made Corwin walk the entire way himself, which he managed while only starting to complain about half way through. Alice and Charles were well behaved too, with Alice taking a couple of naps in the early going. Mom put a hat on Alice and she was still wearing it when we finished. Charles was willing to stay in the stroller the entire time except when he needed to
Corwin’s soccer friend Jack’s family was planning to go, but he got sick (so sick he even missed the soccer game). Jack’s older sister and Mom were there, though and Corwin, being the intensely generous boy that he is, pestered Jack’s sister just like Jack would have had Jack been well enough to come along. She told me that Corwin made an excellent Jack substitue. It wouldn’t do, you see, for Jack’s sister to become accustomed to not being pestered. The shock of Jack’s recovery might too much for her then.
There was also a sign for our church group which fascinated the boys. When the leaders were first passing them out to the various groups, Charles said he wanted one and broke down in tears when I told him he couldn’t (since there was just one per group). When we started, Corwin insisted on carrying the sign for our group. Not too far in to the trek, however, Corwin became tired of holding it (I suspect not only boredom but the fact that it made pestering Jack’s sister more difficult). Corwin gave it to Charles, who held it up in front of him in the stroller. As Charles tuckered out from the exhausting effort of being pushed along by Mom, it moved to just be laying on him (as you can see) and eventually stuff under the bottom of the stroller.
Everyone was OK except for me, with one large popped blister on one foot and one small blister on the other foot. I expect I’ll only need a week or two to recover, during which I’m sure Mom will be happy to cover for me.
Here’s the picture gallery. Not too many, it wasn’t the very best opportunity for photography.