The Swing

Have I ever told you that LG loves to swing?  It has been her favorite activity at the park for quite awhile now.  I've gotten to the point that I don't even try to get her off the swing.  She loves it.  

A friend of ours handed down their daughter's old backyard swing when she had outgrown it.  It took me a couple of weeks to head over to Home Depot to pick up rope to hang the swing.  When I bought the rope, we went to a different park near all the shopping centers.  LG got a little weird there.  I don't know if it is because we were with different friends?  Maybe it was because I had a mommy friend to talk to and was distracted while pushing her?  LG suddenly didn't want to swing.  I didn't think twice about it.

We played, ate lunch and then headed home to hang her swing.  Turns out that it is more difficult to hang a swing in a tree than you would think.  You really need an almost level branch and we don't have any trees with level branches.  

 

I finally decided to hang the swing off the upstairs patio.  It's on the far side of the yard and the ground can get a little soggy there sometimes, but it really was the best place to hang a swing.  Oh, and I have mastered the Fisherman's Bend Knot.  

Mastered.

I put LG in the swing, scratch that.  I tried to put LG in the swing, but she would have nothing to do with it.  I'm still pondering why.  Is it because the handles are a little different than the swings at our park, but the same as the swings at the new park?  Is it because it's bright yellow?  It must be a phase that she is going through.  Right?  RIGHT!!!???

As far as the swing in our backyard, it's not lonely.  

BG had some friends over the other day.  I saw them head over to the swing and decided to spy on them.  I was laughing so hard by the time they spotted me.

I guess it's a good thing that I got a strong rope.  Well, at least up to 124lbs. and it's doubled on both sides.  I told the girls that only one of them is allowed to swing at a time. 

They were very excited to hear that this is an OK to play on toy.

BG and I had a chat later.  We have enough space off the patio that she would like me to add a swing seat and a swing disk.  Our backyard is turning into a little playground with a picnic table, a $2 garage sale kiddie slide and the swing.  Any other toys that you can think of that we need?

I'm gonna have to start buying stronger ropes.