SLIDE!

There is a huge slide at our local park. It is of the corkscrew variety and to get to the top a child has to climb up many stairs. We let Emma go down the slide but only when both Mike and I are present so that one of us can help her at the top and one can help her at the bottom. I never let her go up there when I am at the park alone with her.

This weekend we were at the park and Emma made a beeline for the slide. She got to the top of the stairs and launched herself down the slide on her belly before you can say “overprotective-first-time-parents”. On the way down, she laughed and laughed. By the time Mike and I had started breathing again, she was back at the top doing it all over again.

This is going to take some getting used to.