weekend: louie the dog and lexi's 1st swing

Saturday afternoon Lexi and I went to visit Aunt Randi over at her friend Tera's house. Tera and Frank have Brooklyn who is almost 3 and is totally Boo from Monsters Inc. and Louie, who is almost a horse. Brooklyn showed Lexi all the coolest toys one does not have yet at age 1, and we sat outside and enjoyed the warm weather. But Lexi was most interested in Louie the horse/dog, and I'm positive if she was able to talk, she would be begging nonstop for a horse/dog of her own.




Today Andy and I took Lexi downtown to the Vancouver Farmer's Market. We browsed all the produce and flowers and crafts before wandering over to the park next to the market to eat some lunch. I noticed the nearby play set and suggested taking Lexi for a swing. Of course Andy did the overprotective dad thing and insisted Lexi was too small for the swings but I threw caution to the wind and tossed her in! I fully expected her to hate it and scream her face off, but figured at least it would make for a cute photo op. I gave her a push and she let out the loudest happiest squeal ever! She just held on and laughed and stared at the neighbor in the swing next to her's. I even talked Andy into giving her a few pushes, as he was certain she was going to fly out of the swing at any given moment.