Parks and Great Weather

We have so much fun with our daughter...

...Saturday in Pittsburgh was absolutely beautiful. We spent a nice day at home and in the evening walked up to our local park. Carissa surprised us both by walking directly up to the biggest slide in the park. Joe faithfully followed her up the steps and she was smiling the whole way up. She started to slide down...let me fill you in that Carissa might actually be the world's slowest "slider." So, usually on her little slide at home, she slowly says, "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" for something that should only really take a "WEEE" to show her excitement in the sliding activity. So needless to say she does enjoy it tremendously, but sometimes for little too long!!

...Joe loves to play all of the little games at the park--riding on the merry-go-round, spinning the little toys, pretending she can hang and travel across the monkey bars(unfortunately she got her coordination from me--I could never get all the way across). She loves every minute of her time playing. But then she also enjoys all the things she sees as we walk back home. She points out the trees, the birds, the bunny running in a yard, and especially the planes, or as she calls them "PANE, PANE!!!" ecstatically every time she hears or sees one.

...Life is great. Enjoying the cooler weather, anticipating new discoveries with Carissa, and learning everything she has to teach us as well...