A Day in the Sun

Although August was for the most part too wet for even a fish to enjoy, there were one or two nice days. These pictures are from a trip we took to a park in Frederiksberg. Claire and I found (when it was almost too late) that there are several of these shallow wading pools for kids that are free to use. The only down-side is that because they change out the water every few days it was ICE cold when we visited. Claire and Carter were both a bit too cold to venture very far in, but not Ruby!

She just LOVES the water and was splashing around everywhere and walked from one end of the pool to the other. A few times she tried to walk on her own, but quickly lost her balance and ended up head first in the drink. It didn't seem to faze her too much though... I guess she must have automatically held her breath or something. She also loved it when I swung her through the water with lots of splashing. We didn't stay in too long though as after a short while even Ruby was starting to look a little blue and shivering up a storm.

Once Ruby was out of her suit and relatively dry we hit the playground. She really loves swinging--at least in small doses, so this was a happy compromise to the heartbreak of leaving the pool.

Jared told me that on a recent trip to the park she has started teaching herself how to "pump" and was actually gaining some height without his pushing her. I haven't witnessed that yet, but I believe it! She just keeps surprising us with all of these "big girl" things that she's doing.

This little thing spun around like a merry-go-round. Carter did NOT like being trapped inside the net and I don't think he was all that crazy about spinning around either. Ruby did like to look down at the ground going by (something that would make her Mommy toss her cookies), but she was soon tired of it too and ready to move on to bigger and better things.




At our next stop the kids crawled onto those wiggly critters. Ruby loves to just wiggle and shake on them, but rarely ever rocks back and forth like a rocking horse. I think in this picture she had noticed one of the big kids running around and was too interested in them to play. She really loves watching the big kids... the only problem is that it seems like she often gets in their way and end up getting plowed over--an experience she doesn't savor nearly as much. She's much more interested in spectator sports than contact sports at this point.

I'll leave you with this picture of Ruby really leaning into a wiggle. I wish that everyone that loves her could see her play and listen to her giggle because it really is the best. She's such a sweetie and I'm so thankful every day that God blessed our lives with her.