A day at the playground

Now that the hot weather (and mosquitos) have seemed to pass, we've been enjoying more time at the playground these days! It's been neat to see Ella's growth in coordination and determination when climbing new parts of the playground. While she's still hesitant in some areas (she loves swinging from the bars but it also makes her extremely nervous to fall from them, even though she might be a mere 6 inches from the ground!). Caroline, on the otherhand, is our, er, eh, more daring wild child. Fearless. Determined. She laughs at Erika when she hears "Caroline, be careful!" Her first trip down the twisty slide was with Ella but Erika slid down first and was close by to catch her if she went too fast. Now a problem. These days, she'll climb up to the slide alone and Erika's barely made it to the bottom to catch her before she's thrown herself down, giggling the whole way. At least she knows to go feet first and belly down!