Ponies and Swings

Around our new house in Los Gatos, we have half a dozen parks to choose from either within walking distance or less than a 5 minute drive away.  One of the many benefits of Carrie working part time is that the girls generally have these parks all to themselves on Mondays and Tuesdays.  As a result, Cassie is basically used to having her favorite toys all to herself with no need to ever share.  And her all time favorite is the swings.  We continue to work on the idea of sharing, but 90% of the time there just isn't anybody to share with and she gets to have a great time on the swings by herself.

Another recent development is "ponies."  As you can see in the picture, these are some of the first ever pictures where Cassie has little pigtails.  She refused to have anything on her head for the longest time, be it hair bands, hair clips, hats, whatever.  However, some of the other girls at school have started getting ponytails because everybody's hair is growing longer, so peer pressure influenced Cassie to want the same thing.  She now has 1-3 ponies in at any given time.