spinny circle, slippery bridge, huge giant rock...

Chase likes repetition.
Everyday we go to get Wesley, a little early, so Chase can have the playground to himself (it is really the ideal time to go play, since in the morning and after school their are a hundred or so kids running around and in the evenings the teenage hooligans like to hang there). We have to follow the same routine every time. He has to have his sippy (full or empty) and right when we get to the bark he hands it to me so I can hold it for him the whole time (I don't think he has ever even taken a sip, but not worth the fit he throws if it is not in tow) When we get there, I almost feel as if I am on a Dora show - he has everything mapped out! First he goes on the "spinny circle" and spins and spins and spins (every time!). Next, we head over to the stairs, while he is telling me, "now go to the stairs - now go up the stairs" (every time!) Then he goes over the "slippery (said as slip-a-bity) bridge". He always starts out walking and then tells me "be careful on slipabity bridge", and proceeds to crawl the rest of the way over (every time!). Continuing on his knees, he heads over the "huge giant rock" (carefully as well). This is where sometimes he mixes it up a little - on the other side of the "huge giant rock" are two "big giant slides", which are fun, but it is also fun to "carefully" crawl back over the "huge giant rock" and over the "slipibity bridge" to get to... the "water slide" (which are the smaller two slides, that one time had a puddle of water on the bottom because of the sprinklers, and will forever more be known as the "water slide"). It takes about 10 minutes to run through the whole production twice (with a constant play by play from Chase) and then Wesley is done with his (very short) day of school. We usually run a quick errand, followed by lunch, and it is off to bed for Chase - he doesn't wake up until all the boys are home and the craziness begins - which makes me appreciate our little routine all the more! What a sweet kid! I am glad and lucky to have him as my little shadow!