Nature walk, Flu shots, and Molly's new "crush"

I love the fall weather and it has been so nice lately. Last week I was itching to get out so as soon as Molly woke up from her nap we headed outside for a walk. Molly didn't seem interested in her stroller, so instead I pushed her 4 ponies in the stroller and she walked. We kept an eye out for rocks, leaves, pinecones, etc. and made sure we put them in Molly's bag to show to Daddy later. It was a beautiful, clear day. This is the view from the front of the culdesac (I have know idea how to spell that word) that we live in:We really do have a pretty view, with lots of trees and Utah Lake in the background. This picture doesn't show it off very well.

Of course, the Goldfish had to tag along. Molly dropped them just after we started down the hill. She then thought she had to pick up every single one.I soon distracted her by telling her to go look for rocks or something similar.

Stopping to smell the flowers.I did not pose this picture. She just automatically picked up the flower, put it to her nose, and said, "Mmm, smells good!"

Here are all the things that she collected.Being outside made both of us happy the rest of the day! (Not that either of us were grumpy earlier, there's just something about being outside on a nice day that makes everyone happy!)
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Last week, being the diligent mother that I am (haha), I took Molly in for her flu shot. She handled it like any other kid handles shots-she cried but then forgot about it. (Well she didn't really forget about it, but she got over it pretty quick.) I think her flu shot had the opposite effect it should have...poor girl, she was so sick the next day! She couldn't even keep water down! She has never, ever been that sick. I felt so bad for her. My dad says it was just a fluke and that next time she gets a flu shot (if I dare!) most likely it will have no effect on her. Has anyone else had this happen?
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Lastly, Molly has a new crush. His name is Brian and he is her nursery leader. The bishopbric in our ward was inspired (literally) to call a newly-wed couple to be nursery workers just a couple of weeks ago. Before them, Molly's track record for staying in nursery the entire time was very bad-she almost never stayed the entire time and since I'm in primary Justin had to take care of her. This meant at least an hour every week sitting in the nursery with all the other nursery leaders (all of whom were women) or dragging Molly to Sunday School and Elder's Quorum where she wasn't very quiet. A couple of times I took her with me to Primary but she ended up being too much of a distraction for my 5-and 6-year-olds, who already have a hard time concentrating!

So a couple of weeks ago was one of those days that Justin and I met in the hall after church and neither of us had Molly. We did the whole "You don't have Molly?" "Nope. You don't have her?" "Nope." And then we run to nursery to see her happily playing. We were pretty surprised, considering this had not happened in months. We thought that maybe it was the new couple they called to nursery. Last week she was horrible and didn't last an hour. The new couple wasn't there.

Here is how it played out yesterday: as soon as sacrament was over, Molly started clinging to Justin. (Anytime she doesn't want to do anything like go to nursery or go to bed, she says "I just wanna give you a hug." Who can resist that?) When Justin took her into the nursery, she immediately started crying and telling Justin to stay and play with her. Then she saw him, Brian, the new nursery leader, and she was as happy as a lark. She played the whole two hours and when Justin peeked in on her she was just following him around. On the way home from church she said, "I love Brian." Well, we do too just for the fact that Molly will stay in nursery if he's there!