A Swingin' Good Time

Yes, Miss Tess loves to be outside.

We got up early Saturday morning to take Tess to the playground. She had free reign of the place--apparently no other parents were anxious for an outing on a drizzly weekend morning.

Tess is a good little climber. She is confident, yet appropriately cautious. Whenever things get a little dicey, she's learned to turn around and back out of a situation.

It was funny to watch her crawl through this play tube--she'd get halfway in and then realize that it would be prudent to back herself out. It was quite entertaining to watch her try to turn around in the confines of that tight tube.

Using the same technique, Tess soon discovered that she could conquer the slide by herself if she went down backwards.

There's no doubt that Tess had a swingin' good time!

That night we went out to our favorite Mexican restaurant for dinner. Tess has learned how to "dip, dip, dip" her chip in the salsa. This time the salsa was a little warmer than usual.

OK, this video may not earn us an award as "Parents of the Year," but she really did like the salsa--we finally had to hide it from her. She kept wanting to "dip, dip, dip," even though her little tongue was on fire! You have to love the makeshift "bandit" bib!