March 31, 2006 - Playtime

One of Erin's favorite features when we moved into our "new" house in New Jersey was the swing set in the back yard. Although it was kind of creaky (not creepy, mind you!), she just loved to go outside and play on it. She'd climb the ladders, swing on the swing (often to my nervous-Nelly warnings of, "Not too high!"), and slide down the slide for hours. After a few years, though, we had to take it down. Erin was getting too big for us to be comfortable with it being able to support her, and we worried that it would fall down or someone would get hurt on it. Erin was very upset at the news that it would be removed, but surprisingly, once it was down, she didn't ask us to replace it. I guess it was another sign that our little girl was growing up.