Micah learned to pump yesterday. He was so proud, that he told everyone who walked past at the playground, "This is my first day swinging all by myself!" He experiment with sitting on the swing, swinging himself while standing on the swing, moving his legs in the opposite direction while propelling himself with his body, and moving his legs in a circle motion kind of like swimming, though he did tell me that was way too hard. He got so excited that he fell off the swing at one point, basically laughed about it, and then climbed back on. He swung continuously for over an hour before it was time to take Penelope home for a nap. When that time came, he asked if he could stay at the park while I took her home, but we settled on going home, getting lunch, putting her down for a nap, and then heading back out to the park. After lunch, I asked if we could go to a smaller park that was closer to the park, Micah said he would go to any park with swings! So we walked to the park together, I brought some crochet, and he swung on the swing for two full hours, stopping for a couple drinks from the water fountain but swinging right through a light rain and finally deciding it was time to go home, take a hot shower, drink some hot cocoa with marshmallows, and snuggle on the sofa while watching a movie. I guess the rain had made him cold. :)
