hike report - wednesday, april 14

what a beautiful day - a little warmer than usual, but still gorgeous! we had sixteen mamas and seventeen bambinos. we took the back-side of south cove, and were led by one of our long-time members. everyone took the challenge of the new hardest trail at the park! YAY! we split off naturally into quite a few groups. we had some firsts today:
* we had our first nanny come hike with us. that was inspiring!
* we had our first hike with four new hikers!
* we had our first hike that called for sunscreen. let's make sure to remember that next week - for mama and baby!
* we had our first hike with the larkspur in full bloom and green all around.

hope everyone had a great hike. we will see you friday at warner park nature center. if you do not have a older one, you are welcome to join, nonetheless. we have great community and great fun! there are some mamas that are considering starting a friday hike around noon, so we will keep you in the loop about that and the location.

happy hiking!

FRIDAY FUN DAYS

we have discussed the possibility of changing the friday fun day's weekly location. at this point, we will keep our schedule as it is. please see the calendar on our home page for locations each week - we alternate between warner park nature center and ellington agricultural center.

happy hiking!

wendesday & friday, april 14 & april 16

do not forget, we now meet on the granny white pike side of the park. please email bambinobrigade@gmail.com if you need directions over to the other side.

wednesday, april 14, 2010
9:30 AM
hike at radnor lake (granny white side)
weather predictor: sunny, 67 degrees

friday, april 16, 2010
9:30 AM
warner park nature center (off hwy 100)
go south on hwy 100 and just past old hickory boulevard, the entrance will be on the left. come to the left once in the park and we will meet in front of the nature center. we will hike about 3/4 miles then play in the 'mud pit.' feel free to bring a lunch and stay for a picnic.
weather predictor: 68 degrees

I have made a commitment to work on the web site this week. as soon as the site is more secure, I will be ordering our window clings. I will let you all know the price and look forward to having more items to get our name out there.

also, please send me your thoughts about the brigade. we are constantly seeking to improve what we need to improve and embrace that which members love! please briefly share!

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I am going to re-post this for a few weeks before we publish:
we have something new we are going to begin - it's called *THE BRIGADE NETWORK*. This is going to be a great way for us to keep in contact beyond our hike, as well as get to know each other a little more. To be a part of TBN, please email questions to the following questions. I will compile a list and email that to the group members that want it. I will not post this to the site until we get a little more security going on here!

1. Name, childrens' names, email, phone number, area of town
2. What are your skills/ talents/ parts of yourself you really enjoy sharing with others?
3. Do you have a blog? Are you on other social networking sites (Facebook, etc.)?
4. Would you be willing to "baby-swap" (swap days for child-watching, not actually swap babies)?
5. A brief profile with anything else you would like to include.
6. Please send a picture (unless I already have one), so people can put faces with names a little easier.

If you choose not to participate in this, no worries; you can still hike with the group! this is simply to get us all doing more of what we love and getting deeper into this community we are coming to love more!

happy hiking!

hike report - wednesday april 7 & friday april 9

OK, so first, I apologize for not writing this hike report until today - lack of sleep & an ear infection have kept me away. does anyone really read these?! :)

wedensday we had at least 12 mamas, maybe more, and 13 kiddos! the hike was our first from the new location, and it seemed full even over there. the weather was beautiful and the hike was intense - the back side of Ganier Ridge was definitely a change. we had at least two new mamas that have never hiked with us. a few went the lake trail all the way around, and some took Ganier and came back the road. The group that did Ganier ended up doing about 3.27 miles in about an hour and a half.

friday, we all met at Ellington Ag Center. We had seven mamas and eleven bambinos. we took a new trail beside the creek and the kiddos got to get their feet wet. we enjoyed a nice walk, then came back by the horses, meeting another mama and two little ones. we finished up by the gazebo, with kids rolling down the large hill. this was a largest friday group yet. each child had a blast!

happy hiking!