Sunshine!!

It was freezing when we woke up this morning but quickly warmed up with the sun shining. Jack, Avery and I headed outside to play a bit before lunch.

The only time today that Jack went down the slide when he was actually touching the slide!!

He seems to like to test himself all the time. I've walked this little wall holding his hand a couple of times in the past month. I looked up today and he was all the way to the end all by himself...

ready, set, jump!!

Yee-haaa!

Today his preferred method of going down the slide was to jump from the top and land at the bottom on the grass. Lucky for him he reached the grass every time, and landed on his feet rather than his butt.
When he landed this one Avery looked back at me and rubbed her head and said, "Ow, Ow" quietly. I asked if she got a bonk and Jack looked up at me and patted his knee and said, "knee". Apparently Avery's head broke his fall...tough girl.

Aves rolling a dog's ball down the slide.

Making a basket!!

Discovering a little water in the ball holder on the hoop. Also discovering that if you add dirt to it, you get mud!!

Dumping all the dirt out of the pot that Nana just filled up the other day...

Dumping it out isn't good enough; you must also stomp it into the grass.