Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Playground Firsts

Sam has really been enjoying going to the neighborhood YMCA playground as of late (especially after we successfully lobbied to have the pedestrian gate open so we can walk to it). Normally he enjoys playing in the tunnel, on the fire engine, or eating wood chips. But today he had two firsts.

1) He successfully climbed up the slide all by himself. For a extremely cautious kid, I could have not been more proud watching him calculate and complete each step of the way. Both Dad and Sam were so proud of him when he reached the top the first time (after a few mishaps of course).

2) He was able to play on the see-saw with other children. Sam and I have played on the see-saw together but it hasn't been too much fun because I don't trust him to hold on by himself yet. But today was the first time there were other children at the playground and so he wanted to get on. By all outside observations, and hearing many squeals, Sam loved it.

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