Progress at the Park


Well Father’s Day has come and gone and it was pretty good. On Sunday morning Paige decided she wanted to wear a princess dress over top of her regular clothes. Like all females, she tried on one and then decided she wanted to wear a different one. Then she wanted to put the first one back on but Jodi said no. LOL

Jodi went to church and Paige and I hung out together, which is something we do almost every Sunday. Sometimes she’s cranky, most times she’s fun, but it’s always a special time for me. This past Sunday I took her to the airplane park so she could swing, run around and go down the slides. All in her princess dress.

Funny enough another little girl showed up and she was wearing a princess dress too. J

This little girl was 7 years old and was climbing up the slides so of course Paige had to try it too. I’ve never seen her do it before but this time she managed to climb up not only the spiral slide but also the large steep slide.

Several times.

I was impressed.

This park also has a handle that glides back and forth. Paige likes to hold onto it while I run her back and forth. I have started to slowly let go of her so she can feel her weight and she not only holds on to the bar to keep herself hanging but she also starts to pull herself up!

Time for me to start learning to do a chin up. I can’t let a 2 year old show me up.

Every time she tries something new or dangerous at the park I’m always right there to hold her up or help her. Now I have to hover my hands around her because when I try to help her she actually pushes her hand out to me and says ‘No. I want to try’.

She impresses me more and more every day.

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