Sylvan and I enjoyed today’s clear sky, occasionally tracked with bands of clouds boding precipitation for tomorrow, by spending a large portion of the afternoon playing in the park. He only ate a little sand. He figured out how to climb to the top of the playground equipment, where there were two slides – one wide and shallow, another twisting and faster. After joining me on the shallow slide, Sylvan climbed up and tried to launch himself off the slide head-first. I grabbed the back of his sweater, sat him down, and held his hand so he’d slide slowly. After allowing me to do that a couple of times, he climbed up, and, at the top, turned around as if he were going down a stair, and slid down on his belly, facing me at the top. He went down the slide on his own!