new year's hike

We have a tradition of doing a hike every New Year's Day. The weather was looking iffy so we decided to hike on New Year's Eve. Winter hiking is great because we usually have the trail to ourselves. We went to Turkey Run off the George Washington Parkway where we've hiked a few times before. There is a perfect size hike for kids. Although Elsa was having so much fun that she declared it to be too short when we neared the end. You have to navigate rocks to cross a stream a few times which the girls loved. Amelia is our little adventurer and loved climbing on the rocks and running ahead to check things out.

 The rest of our evening was pretty low key. We played some games, ate lots of food, and watched a movie. Amelia stayed up until midnight for the first time and was pretty proud of herself.