to the park!

After Saturday's failed family adventure attempt, we decided to keep things simple and stay in familiar territory.  It doesn't get much closer to home than McDonald's and the neighborhood park.

I know it sounds boring but Katelyn loves Happy Meals and she loves the park so, in her baby eyes, this was a success.

When we first took Kate for a ride on a swing, she absolutely loved it.  We have video documentation of a bundled up infant laughing hysterically in a little swing.  But then, sometime after her birthday, she decided that she was afraid of the swinging. (Which is a blasphemy in our family considering the fact that the swing set was the only playground equipment I enjoy as a kid.) For months, she has only reluctantly let me put her in the swing chair only to immediately scramble back out.

Today at the park, Dave asked if she wanted to go swing.

"No way," I said.  "She hates the swing.  Trust me, I know."

And, of course, because beloved Daddy is here, she was willing to get back in the swing set saddle.

And she loved it.