I took some pictures at the park the other day...a grey day (big surprise), but a day for swinging and climbing and sliding nonetheless. It wasn't raining, for a change, so off we went. I reveled in the beauty of my children, each accomplishing something huge, and I happened to have my camera to capture each achievement. What a world.


Meghan learned how to pump her legs on the swing for the first time. It's been a long time coming, but it finally just clicked. And away she soared.

Ms. Liz looking for trouble...trying to figure out which way to go on the jungle-gym, and whether or not I'd be there to catch her. She'd prefer that I not be there.


Being able to swing like a monkey on the monkey bars the "normal" way isn't enough for my Erin. She now wants to master skipping every other bar. This child is what you find in the dictionary when you look up "small and mighty."


Elizabeth figured out how to slide without holding my hand. She slid with such freedom...I couldn't help but wonder if she had been wishing for that freedom for weeks and I just had not been willing to let her go.



My girls often ask me, "Which Little Miss character am I?"
I would call this one Little Miss Monkey.