We all went to the Nordy's sale today. We ate lunch at the Nordstrom cafeteria and three of the patrons stopped by our table to tell us what well behaved children were with us. It was after lunch that we decided to divide the kids among the adults. I got Carter who would not hold my hand, but was perfectly happy to play passenger train with me and follow me wherever I went.
Later, we went to the park for an evening picnic. Courtney asked me to push her in the swing, but then we decided to do what Courtney calls "double swing" and she sat on my lap facing me while we swung. We swung high and higher and highest and she squealed with delight. Carter finally convinced her that it was his tu(r)n. (He doesn't say the "r" sound yet.) We swung high and he was begging to get off. And quick as that Courtney was back.
When I was very young I memorized a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson called
The Swing
How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside—
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown—
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!
I loved flying with Courtney today!
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