snakes & stroller yoga

chicka is feeling much better today. i think its because she can feel my relief from yesterday after the doc.

today was stroller yoga and we went to the great plains nature center. if you have never tried yoga or think you can't do it, you can. it doesn't matter what shape you are in. it makes me center my life and restore my confidence and prepare me for the rest of the day. i can drastically tell a difference if i don't do it. i'm crabbier, easier to fly off the handle and my self confidence is low.

i didn't realize how fun the nature center was and the fact that it is free makes me happy as well. since the weather was not so great we decided to meet inside first and have story time. every wednesday they have story time at eleven. we then walked through the center and ended in the nature observation center where we did some floor exercises with singing. chicka always loves the singing which makes momma chicka love it too.

after the exercises we went to see the snakes! i have never been confronted with a snake, outside of its cage. i wanted to touch it but i chickened out. so what do i do instead? i let chicka do it. at first i was all up for it but when she reached out towards that snake my momma bear mode kicked in. i swear i would punch, kick or wrangle that snake if it did anything towards my chicka.

here's some pics of the babes touching the snake:

chicka and the snake, notice me holding onto her tightly

aimee and o, he really wanted itM, petted it so nicelyJ before he knew what was on him

after that we went strollin' around the park and ended back at the parking lot to end with a few poses before we left. i love listening to mommas talk about their problems, triumphs and advice. i feel comfortable enough that i could tell them almost anything. haven't found to many places like that before and will treasure this as long as i can.