Playing at the park

Our Thursday afternoon started out great - we were both home early and having fun playing with Collin.
But our teething monster got a little cranky and things went downhill fast.

So we threw him into the stroller and headed to the park. When I got home and downloaded the pictures, we had taken 212 shots! Here's Collin's play-by-play of our hour at the park.

First down the slide with Dad -

Next it was Mom's turn. By the way, we're sparing you the 40 shots that were taken of us climbing to the slide, posing on the bridge, posing at the top of the slide, etc. My parents are so obnoxious with their camera.

Working out that upper body with some chin-ups -

Two handed chin-ups are for weaklings -

Next to a favorite pastime, swinging -

Whoa, quite a push there, Mom. I'm just 9 months old, remember?

My hair has some body -

Yum, this sure looks clean and good to eat -

Oh Dad, don't take away my teething toy! (I love Cas' pout too!)

Sliding with Mom is a gleeful experience -

I practiced walking down my first hill. I'm feeling a little inferior because my classmate Brooke, who is only 6 days older than me, started walking already - before she was even 9 months old. My parents tell me there's no hurry, but I'm tired of Brooke staring down at me with pity as I crawl on the floor.

My favorite part of the day was playing in the rocks. My parents debated on it since I normally want to eat them, but I was so amazed at the feel of the pebbles in my hands that I kept them out of my mouth . . . at least for the first minute or so.

This nice lady offered to take our family picture. I pulled on her nose as a thank-you gesture.

My parents don't know what happened to the family photo. We thought we heard the camera click and I'm sure it would have been the one time all 3 of us were smiling and looking at the camera, but it must not have taken . . . or maybe our camera had run out of memory at that point.