Happiness

My Grandpa and the medals he was awarded Yesterday, for Verteran's Day, we took our niece and nephews and family on a nearby hike up the mountain. It was a lot of fun! And a little bit of hard work. No one got hurt and the cousins loved the sight of so many cacti. I had Josh give the kids a talk about not touching the cactus (since Asher did once and got quite hurt). He told them all about that and about the chance of seeing rattlesnakes. This made my 4 yr old quite nervous and he burst into tears! He did not want to go! We decided to wait until the next morning to talk it over. In the morning he remembered and did not want to go still. I wanted to take family pictures right before, so I really wanted him to go. I didn't show him my feelings. We tried offering him many things- snacks, water, treats, a hat. Nothing worked. Finally, I offered him my fanny pack and he remembered Dad's camelback (a backpack you can drink from with a straw). He was sudde...