Rose Triumphant

Today, I took Rose and Reuben to a nearby playground. After some time on the swings and stomping around the young children's area, I took Rose over to the bigger kid play structure. While Reuben sat in the stroller, I taught Rose, who approaches new playground equipment with trepidation, how to cross a rope and wood suspension bridge. At first I held her hand as she crawled along. Then we worked on walking much of the length of the bridge. At its end, there was a slide that she also went very slowly down, first in my lap and then on her own. Finally, after about ten times, she was able to walk with much more confidence across the bridge and slide the full length of the slide. Another productive day in the fathering realm.