Steppin' Out with my Baby

  With one brother gone to a zoo field trip, the other dropped off at school, and a wonderfully sunny morning, Dylan and I decided it was the perfect morning for some one-on-one time at the park.  Somehow we managed to find the park vacant, a rare occurrence since its completion last fall.

Now that he's walking, Dylan has this newfound sense of independence, and his own little opinions get stronger every day.  Sometimes that results in a bit of a tantrum, like when he wanted to turn right but I wanted him to turn left:

He's also bound and determined to be able to do everything the big boys can do:

Including slide down the slides, which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't (in the bark after sliding too quickly):