An Anniversary

so four years later . . .

we went out for our first four person family adventure, and boy was it a doozy. eleftheria pitched it a while back for us to go for a picnic, so we decided what better way to celebrate. headed out to olympus to hike down to a place we've been once before with Artemis when she was still super little. this time was a bit different, not least because Artemis hiked the entire path, i mean it, the entire thing. the whole thing is not that impressive, about 1 km hike which an average adult can handle in 20 minutes, but it is up and down with a lot of stairs, and taking into account Artemis' tiny legs she was amazing. lots of smiles lots of climbing and no whining. Emily was awesome as well, she fits in our carrier that is recommended for a 3 month old, and she hung out for the entire hike, it was wonderful. 

 Eleftheria and i carried the food, blanket and the spare baby parts; we were a solid crew.

 over roots

 around rocks (though we went over some of those too)

 up stairs

 to our final picnic spot. mousaka, tomato, cucumber, and yogurt were all on the menu

Artemis did all those stairs coming and going plus a bunch more. we sat in the shade, under a beautiful cave.

 the set up.

exhausted by the end of the day, it was a great experience for all of us, and a wonderful way to celebrate our family.

here's to four more years.