Swinging: The Rest of the Story

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Swinging: The Rest of the Story

July 15, 2009

Remember when I told you about our library’s Go Outdoors and Be Creative program?

Well. It’s five weeks into the program, and we’ve completed 8 of the 30 stations. Sometimes, Grace and I do stations during the day, but we try to wait for Joe to join us on the weekends and during the evenings.

Sometimes, we just go for a walk. We’ve had some in state parks, some on the grounds of large buildings, and some at playgrounds.

Grace likes the playgrounds best.

I would like them better if she’d swing in the baby swing, but she refuses. She’s a big girl now, and she wants everyone to know it.

: Who needs a baby swing?

: Certainly not ME!

She says things like “Push me, Daddy.” and “Faster!”

Egads.

I’m not ready for this.

: July 11, 2009

Remember the photo below? It’s from April of this year. Three months ago. I don’t know what happened, unless some kind of grow up quicker fairy stopped by and waved her wand over my little Pumpkin.

Insert my long {sigh} here.

April 16, 2009

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misty said:

such a cool program!
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# 16 July 2009 at 10:29 am

Mikes Sumondong said:

you have a very cute daughter
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# 16 July 2009 at 10:42 am

Dawn (Painter Mommy) said:

My kids LOVE to swing! I felt like it took them forever to learn how to pump their feet though. My 3 1/2 year old FINALLY got it. So now when we go to the park all we have to do is give them their first push and they are off pumping away.
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# 17 July 2009 at 7:37 am

Leila said:

I think that kids could be happy being at the playground every day, and these simple pleasures are worth re-discovering!

Who needs Disneyworld when you can have a big-girl swing??
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# 17 July 2009 at 7:45 am

SuzyScribbles said:

She is simply adorable! I remember my ten-month-old swinging on a REAL SWING!
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# 17 July 2009 at 9:29 am

a thorn among roses said:

what an adorable little girl…and a super fun daddy too. my girlies would live on the swing if they could…even the 14 year old still swings.
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# 17 July 2009 at 1:17 pm

Carrie Keiser said:

They get that way, kids who think they are big and leave us behind wondering where our baby went…..
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# 17 July 2009 at 5:07 pm