NATURE PARK!!! and cute quotes

Yes, I'm catching up on the last few weeks at darn near one in the morning now. 

We've finally had a few decently warm days for an Indiana spring: 40s and even some 50 degree weather.  So, I finally got to take little Anna back to the Jamestown Nature Park, one of our favorite places.  We walked on trails, and she rode in the wagon some and just had a great time.  As usual, I had trouble keeping her out of the water, despite the somewhat chilly temperatures.  She really wanted to go throw rocks in it the way we had when it flooded along the railroad tracks a few days ago (I need to post a short video of that day.  It was quite cold, but lots of fun), but I was able to keep her focused on hiking, enjoying the trees and looking for birds, another of her favorite things.  We checked out a couple of bridges, ran around in the gazebo a little, and sat on a log under a big tree at the edge of the woods (a delightful first for Anna), then had a snack at a picnic table.  We finally saw some birds before we got back in the car; a flock of sandhill cranes overhead.  Anna thought they were pretty neat, but she really wanted to see some of the little birds she's used to watching out the windows.  Still, we had a good time.  I hope she never grows out of her love for hiking with her Daddy. 

I'm really thankful the weather has been nice enough for us to go to some parks again.  

And now some cute quotes from a two year old:

"Go see a disaster house?"
"Walk in the disaster house?"
"Look at ANOTHER disaster house?"
 This isn't a stretch for the girl who used to say "Disaster loves you," one of my favorites.
Tammy and I are looking for an old house to fix up and sell.  After hearing me predict one day that the house we were going to see might be a disaster, she started calling them all "disaster houses."

That's a question: How many ______ are ______?
     - for example: "How many leaves are outside?", when she wanted to go outside, or "How many shoes are on Anna?"
   

"I have an idea"
"I have another idea"
Most of the time, she doesn't tell us what her idea is.  And she says it in a happy, almost sing-songy way that only a toddler can pull off.

"I have a tail."
"It's my tail." [spoken as if declaring something that should make everyone happy and proud]

Me: "Don't get in that water, it's cold and yucky."
Anna: "[very upset that I won't let her play in flood water on a windy 42 degree day] Get a NEW water?"

"That's a doondoo bot."

"Uhwellowellowellowellow"

"Give me a NUBBINS!"