Saturday, March 13, 2010

Conquering the playground

So since Ed's retirement, he and Kaitlyn have been spending a lot of time together while I go to work. It has turned into a daily routine for them to go for several wagon rides, weather permitting. On friday he called me at work to tell me that she had gone down the "big slide" all by herself. Now, lately when we even come close to the slides at the playground, Kaitlyn would point and shake her head no and on a few occasions actually start to cry a little. But after watching the big kids go down the slide she decided it wasn't as scary as it looked. Today they took me to the playground to show me that she had conquered her fear! Walking up to the park.

It takes her a good 5 minutes to climb the stairs at the bottom of the playground all the way up to the top of the slide. Mind you there are a few distractions along the way. The good thing is the bars are spaced close together the whole way up so you don't have to worry about her falling out. She actually does make the climb all by herself and gets sat down at the top and scoots to the edge then, down she comes.
As you can tell she quite enjoys the ride. She would have stayed there all day if it hadn't been for the rain that moved in on us.



It's so cute to watch Ed with her. He couldn't be more proud of her.








2 comments:

  1. How cute is that! I love the daily wagon rides and the rides with the helmet are the best. I can't believe she is attempting to go potty like a big girl- wasn't she just a newborn? Too bad that potty really doesnt pay out- I would be there daily using it if that were the case. LoL!

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  2. I love that picture of her grinning at the bottom of the slide. She just makes me smile!

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