Playground

This evening, we took Libby to the neighborhood playground for the first time since the weather was finally decent.  Of course, I covered up with pants and a long-sleeved jacket to keep the mosquitos away.  I didn't feel like coating myself with OFF!  If you know me, or my mom, you know that mosquitos can smell us from miles away and make the flight to attempt to drain us dry.

We plopped Libby in the baby swing and it came up to her shoulders!  So she determined that the best way to handle that was to lean forward and suck on the front piece.  Hmm - not ideal.  But we pushed her back and forth in it for a minute or two.  Her dad shared her thoughts that, "This isn't the best time I've ever had."  So we took her out.

Instead, she rode on our laps while we sat in regular swings.  She definitely enjoyed that more.  We also helped her slide down the slide, but she preferred daddy helping her hike back UP it.  HUGE smiles for that!  Libby does love a challenge.  Yikes for us!

I've also been thinking about how my mom has told me many times about how I didn't bother things that I wasn't supposed to bother even though I was mobile pretty young.  Well, Libby is interested in EVERYTHING and seeing how it works.  She flips toys over to inspect the back, she pushes all the buttons of toys, she even flips over her book where you put your finger through the middle inside a finger puppet to see how that works.  Perhaps she'll be a scientist or an engineer?

Anyway, this is obviously different than me.  Can I put things together (toys, etc.)?  Yes.  Can I perform manual labor?  Yes.  Can I program the VCR?  Yes.  But I accept that it works; I don't inspect how it works.  Libby would like to know.  She is just more naturally curious than I am.  I accept things at face value.  Always have.  Do I look into getting more information?  Sure.  Am I stupid or foolish about important things?  I hope not!  But Libby is much more analytical after her seven months than I am after 29 years.  I imagine that we'll be finding out lots of answers TOGETHER in the future.