Swingers

I put Maya into a swing for the first time last week, and she loooooooved it.   Today I recruited Po po to come with us so that I would have some freedom to snap a few pictures.  Maya was a bit sleep deprived and thus very grumpy, but the swing still managed to work its charm on her.

Maya

Popo and granddaughter:

Mommy and Maya:

 

Maya's swing close up video (sorry about the breathy "hi"s):

Maya and the lonely swing:

 Compare: Magnus at 7.5 months on a swing for the first time:

Present-day Magnus (not) shinnying up the pole:

 

Magnus demonstrating the "Lucas Kick", invented by cousin Lucas who was flouting a how-to-swing lesson from his Po po (Magnus' Yee Po):

 

 

Now that she's a swing expert, Maya found it necessary to tell off Dora the Explorer once she got home: