Last week I took Brooke with me hiking a short 1.6mi nature trail at Stumpy Lake while AJ was working.  The fun part about hiking with Brooke this time was it was the first time that she has gone hiking with me and could walk on her own.  After about a half mile of carrying her on my back I let her down to explore the woods.  She was nervous at first but then had fun picking up sticks and actually said the word ‘trees’ though it sounded like ‘teees’.