Sophia went down the slide all by herself!

This afternoon Sophie and I tried a new playground near our house. She always has a blast when we go to the playground and until very recently her favorite thing has been the swings. Well, now that she's a "dare devil big girl" she prefers climbing up the steps and sliding down the slides instead of the ho-hum swings. Until today she's always gone down the slide with assistance like she is in the picture.

But today we hit a milestone. She went down the slide all by herself today! I could tell that she was scared to let go at the top, but she slowly scooted her butt to the edge and then slowly let go. I caught her at the bottom and when she looked up at me she was absolutely thrilled with herself.

Here's another picture of Sophia from our play date earlier this week. The little girl she is sitting beside just turned 1 last week.