Playground fun!

This weekend Gemma and I discovered a little playground across the street from us at the School for Deaf.  It was great since we were the only ones there and she was able to freely explore at her own pace.  She had a blast climbing, seeing the world from new heights, running, discovering... she was so very proud of herself and so were we:

Speaking of new heights, she loved looking out at the top of the playground set by the slide.  I was always very close to her so she wouldn't fall or hurt herself.  Here is a series of pictures documenting her first time going down the slide by herself... not planned but ended up a good experience for her.  LOL.

At the Park

We had a really nice 4th of July long weekend.  Just relaxed and recuperated (me from Jazz Camp and Scott from work).  Ahhh.  We did manage to get out on a family trip to the park and had a great time hanging out with Gemma.

Gemma tried a slide for the first time:

She looks a little concerned, I know, but she ended up loving it and laughing the more times we did it.
She's got this thing about all things daddy:  his belt, his shoes and especially his hat.  They played this game where he's place his hat on her and she'd squeal with delight and then take it off emphatically only to do the whole thing over again.  It was really fun and sweet to watch.

Gemma didn't really know what to make of the grass.  She didn't like the texture and refused to crawl on it.  LOL!  Computers she's all over but grass not so much.  We need to get her out more!
We all had a lovely time in the park.  Soon I bet Gemma will be running around like she owns the place.  :)