The Swing

Every year our yard turns into a carpet of yellow flowers. (Mom calls them weeds)

Silas picks the flowers

Anyway it was a perfect day for Enric to make a tire swing for Silas…

Putting the rope around the tire

Silas waited patiently while he watched his daddy making a swing for him.

Silas

Silas gives the swing a try…

Silas climbs on…

…but is a little afraid, so mama and daddy take turns going on with him…

Miranda helps Silas with the tire swing

Jasper watches on very unimpressed…

Jasper

Silas tries with Daddy again, but is still timid to go on the swing by himself.

Silas and Daddy

Daddy makes some adjustments to the rope…

Enric with Silas on the ladder

Silas tries again with Daddy

Silas and Daddy

Then, yaya, who is a few days short of her 80th birthday, shows Silas how easy it is…

Enric helps yaya on the swing

Silas looks on as he watches Yaya in the tire swing.

Yaya is having fun

Inspired by Yaya, Silas gets on the swing by himself.

Big boy Silas

Yay! Silas can swing by himself!

Silas enjoying the swing Daddy made for him!