Walking everywhere!!!

Payton is walking everywhere. We went to the arboretum & fed the ducks. Now that she realizes that she can walk it is hard to keep her in her stroller. We always stop by the waterfall so that she can get out.
This time we had more time to kill & stopped at a bench under a big tree.
It was nice to sit on the grass & have her try to walk away.
She didn't make it very far because the ground was so uneven that she would fall. She didn't like the feel of the grass on her hands but she got used to it.
It is so cute to see her huge smile as she is walking. You can really tell that she is proud of herself. This was the first time that I have ever seen a peacock do this in person. I guess he was feeling frisky & wanted to mate with the hen in the bottom left of the picture. But she was more interested in our Ritz crackers. Poor guy! He got no love from this hen. What I didn't know was that while their tail feathers are up like this they vibrate them back & forth very quickly & it makes a humming/buzzing sound.
Whenever she sees a big bird, whether it is peacock or goose, she always turns back to me & smiles. I guess she wants to make sure that I see it too.