Backyard fun

When we moved in, there was an old metal swing set and a tree house in the backyard. Awesome! The swing set, as you can see from these photos and the previous post, works but is not in the snazziest of conditions. The tree house is totally awesome and well-built. It has stairs (narrow for kids, not for us wide-hipped adults), a porch, and a little house with shutters and a dutch door. The girls can now get up and down the stairs with no problem, but they are still a bit small to play alone hidden away in the tree house. Next year, though! We will keep it clean and play in it next year!

On the swing set, the girls can do the teeter-totter and the star cruiser (see previous post) all by themselves. Yay! Independence! But, the hanging bar is a little too far out of reach, even for slightly taller Sunniva:

Anna-Sofia gets a boost:

They also still need help getting on the swings (pesky things keep moving whenever the girls try to sit down!):

A grasshopper!

Anna-Sofia spotted the grasshopper on the swingset post and everyone came over to look. "Just like at the restaurant!" Auntie Karin, Abby, and Maria were showing the girls all the grasshoppers in the grass outside the restaurant where we ate breakfast, just before sailing away from port. I am so proud of the girls for not only being able to spot insects, animals and flowers, but also being interested in insects, animals, and flowers!

The tree house! As you can see, the girls are still a bit short...and John is a bit tall for the tree house...

They can do the steps, though!

Currently, the tree house is well, well hidden:

I am definitely looking forward to next summer when I can sit on the deck while the girls play up in the tree house together!

By the way...the shirts the girls are wearing? That Mormor made? Astute readers of this blog may remember that last August, a mere year ago, they were dresses: