Look Ma!

My "baby" is suddenly hitting a few "out door" milestones!

It all started last week. And I totally blame it on all this beautiful weather we've been having...

With my protective presence right by her, she finally made it across the monkey bars on our old swingset without any help! She was estatic!

Then...I think it could have been the very next day...her daddy took her training wheels off.
At first, she was upset...and I was secretly on her side. My youngest is talented in so many ways but coordination has never been one of them.

But...that day and the next, she was suddenly riding around like she had been doing this for years!
Turning and breaking and everything...
What was up with this?


If this wasn't all enough, our next door neighbor kindly gave her little roller blades her daughter had outgrown.
Of course, she has never been able to hold her own roller skating so when she could barely stand up in them, I wasn't surprised.
Her big sister didn't even have roller blades, so their daddy took her to a discount store and they actually found some in big sister's size!

And after just three days of practicing, both of them are roaring through the neighborhood now during school breaks, in the evenings...every chance they get!


(Well, OK...my youngest is more mewing than actually roaring..
but she is skating!!!)

Mastering the monkey bars, learning to ride a bike and learning to roller blade all in one week!!!
What next?
As all mommies are, I'm so proud of her.
But I admit, it's kind of a whirlwind, too!



On top of being proud of her, I'm also so thankful that she still wants to cuddle on my lap every day, that she still plays with her bath toys in the tub, and likes to pretend with her little ponies and dolls.

Because I know all too well from others, that it goes by so fast. And pretty soon she'll be saying...

"Look Ma! A driver's license!"