Attempted Zip Line

Maybe I need to start a blog label something about, "Another Reason for Dads."

I really don't understand why, but Chris has mentioned his desire to put a zip line in our back yard for a couple of years now. Why we need a zip line? I don't know, but he does! I think it is a Dad thing. One day last week he came home with some supplies to build his own instead of buying a kit.

Well, it didn't quite work . . . 

. . . but he and John had fun trying!

Meanwhile, Margaret has learned how to climb up the slide (all of one foot!) and "slide" back down. She is very proud of herself and does it over and over again.

Margaret is becoming such a little person these days! She is now 15 months old. Her receptive language is exploding, so that I can give her many instructions and she understands them well. "Go get the book in the basket." "Do you want a pretzel?" "Climb up on the bed." She doesn't say much but knows about eight signs.

She makes her desires well known, whether she wants a particular food or a sippy cup of water or to get out of the stroller. After doing some very casual early potty training, Margaret lets me know when she needs to go potty and she is now getting almost all of her #2s in the toilet. I can change wet diapers for years without minding, but it sure is great not having to change dirty diapers!

Little Miss is increasingly "part of the gang," running off to play with her siblings rather than staying with me. She is learning how to play with toys, like vrooming a train, and is starting to bring me books to "read" to her.

This is a delightful age! (Except for the huge and willful tantrums she is learning to throw. :)