My Two Fearless Wonders

these two are not afraid of anything. it's almost impossible for me to take them to the playground by myself because in the time it takes for me to make sure annie doesn't fall, jasper has already climbed the stairs and gone down the slide by himself. please see exhibits a.) and b.):

a.)


b.)



seriously, all of the sudden jasper just loooooves the slide. he crawls up the steps by himself and then shoots down the slide - head first. no fear. only giggles.



and then there is annie, who decided that she can do all of it by herself - including what to me looks like a toddler death trap. so the other day we were at the playground and she started climbing up this thing, to which my reaction was "no, no honey, that's too big for you" to which she replied "it's not too big! i can do it alllll by myself" and then she proceeded to prove me wrong.



one day annie got to the top part up there and i'm all "ohhhh, be careful, watch what you're doing..." and annie says "it's ok down there, i'm doing it all by myself!". it's ok down there? what, i know i am thinking it's dangerous and all, but she's talking to me like she's 400 feet off the ground, not 4. oh, and she figured out the fastest way down the slide is on ones knees, not ones tooshie.

i realized every video i take at the playground begins with me saying "be careful", like somehow that lets me off the hook if one of the kids falls and breaks their face while i was too busy videotaping to save them. oh well, at least we got some good footage.