Butt Problems

No, not me. It's Luke that's having the problems. Today was a warmish spring day, and the kids were begging me to push them on the swings. With Erica in the baby swing and Julia in her swing, Luke had to use the yellow big kid swing. He is very cautious about this because he has vivid memories of two interesting experiences on this swing. The first happened at least a year ago. Jill was pushing him and somehow he flipped upside down and did a complete 360. He did manage to stay on the swing, which was both frightening and hilarious to watch. His next problem with this swing happened when I pushed him just a bit too hard, and I pushed him completely off the swing. He was not happy, but I giggled.

So, now he's got this whole routine about getting ready to be pushed. He needs to have his butt in just the right place on the swing. It needs to be hanging over the back a little bit, but not too much. So, after about 2 minutes of adjustments, he's ready. And, after a push or two, he needs to re-adjust. Which he lets me know by telling me, "I'm having butt problems. I have to stop and get things adjusted again. You know I have to have my butt in just the right spot." He cracks me up. It would be even funnier if Erica wasn't screaming for me to push her every 10 seconds.

So, watch out, I will soon have some serious 'guns' - all that swing pushing is bound to build up some muscles, isn't it?