park, swing, slide

I know, right? Look at that face! Yesterday, after I picked Liam up from daycare it was much too early for dinner and much too nice outside to go into my stuffy, tiny apartment, so I ditched his winter jacket in the car, grabbed his jean jacket (awesome birthday present from Mishky) and we went to the park. At first, Liam didn't really understand what slides were for. He thought they made an excellent place to park his butt.

But then, he started climbing...

The first few times we went down the slide together with him in my lap. Then he sort of pushed me away. Which was a sad, but at the same time, proud moment. Okay, truthfully? He shoved me like "get away Mom I can do it myself!" OUCH.

Here Liam getting ready to go down the slide by himself for the first time. He almost threw a temper tantrum because I forced him to sit on his butt (instead of going down face first like he wanted) but after a few turns of doing it by himself he got the hang of it.

The only thing that freaks me out about the slide is, when he's going down by himself, he sort of throws his whole upper body back. So he's half laying down and half sitting up. I worry that he's going to smash the back of his head against the slide. Hasn't happened yet - KNOCK ON WOOD!

With spring comes new rain boots! We picked these up at Wallmart for $11.00 (I think, it might have been $14.00) and they are adorable. Green boots with blades of grass on each side and a lizard traveling up the boot. Liam is not sure what to make of them. When he walks in them he does so without bending his knees, I've never seen anything like it, he looks like a robot. They're a little big for him (size 6 when he's between a 4 and a 5) so it means that when I carry him they fall off. 

Right after this picture was taken I tried to take him to the park. I got half way there when I looked down and noticed Liam was wearing socks. Where did the boots go? One was laying in the middle of the road and the other was laying beside my car in the driveway. Of course.