Cherries, anyone?

The boys love to climb the trees in our courtyard. All the bigger boys have reached the reachable cherries, but they sometimes share the sour yellow fruits.

Tima has learned to pump, by standing on the swing. It turns out that swings like this are easy to pump very high.

But they do have their drawbacks.... We had a traumatic morning last week when a little girl fell off. Her sister was still on the swing, and in her disorientation, the little girl tried to stand up under the swing. Amazingly, she ended up with only a few stitches; the rest of us ended up feeling sick whenever we thought about it.

On a happier note, Ella delights everyone with her out-loud enjoyment of the slide. She climbs up herself (though I keep a hand behind her just in case) sits herself down and slides with a smile and then "Oooooh!"