Last week we took Bridget to the park. She recently got up the courage to go down some of the bigger slides by herself, so she was pretty actively showing off.

We decided it might be fun to teach her how to slide down on her belly. We were at Willow park – the big red tube slide they have there doesn’t go too fast, so we figured she’d learn and have a good time. We were right – she loved it. And she probably went down on her stomach two dozen times that night.

Here are a few pictures of us demonstrating what to do and of little Bridget taking her turn. We all had a great time.

Two days later I took her to a different park for a playgroup. It didn’t even occur to me that she might try to go down head first on her stomach again. But within the first 5 minutes of being at the park down she went. The slide at this park was much faster than the one at Willow park and she promptly flew right out the end of the slide and landed face first in a pile of wood chips. To make matters worse, she bit her lip and had a little bit of a bloody nose as a result. Poor kid. We were at the park for 2 hours that morning, and it wasn’t until the last 30 minutes that she would go down any slides. I doubt she’ll be going head first again any time soon.