Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Desert Gardening

On Saturday we went to a water conservation fair... thing.  Basically, we went in order to see lots of various possibilities for Xero-scaping our yard in order to keep our water-usage to a minimum.

It was interesting, but that isn't what this blog is about.  It's about Cordelia having fun.

I really don't think I realize just how much bigger I am than her until I see us together in a photo or a video.  I'm really quite frightening.  She had been watching other kids climbing the wall and she wanted in on the fun.  I wasn't sure she was big enough, but then I noticed a great big banner that said "Free for all ages."  So we went for it.

Waiting her turn was not something she did patiently, at first.  I wish I had gotten some video of her as we waited for the hosts to retrieve the special tiny harness she needed... she kept looking at me in frustration, I could almost hear her thinking "C'mon dad, I don't need that!"

Once she had it on, it took some convincing that she had to wait her turn (fortunately there were only a couple of kids ahead of her, and there were 3 cables).  She, oh-so-patiently, folded her arms and set her hips and her scowl to wait.  It was cute.