Scaredy Cat

Taryn has always been a bit of a scaredy cat. Often she will play hide'n'seek and end up scaring herself in the process. She also ends up scared when her and Lee try to sneak up and scare me. I always thought that if I was laid back about things and wasn't overly cautious with Taryn that she would not end up with so many fears, but I guess some things come pre-wired in our little ones.
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Last night Lee and I took Taryn on a walk down to Fort Ouiatenon to check out our new walking path (love it!). We were doing great, walking along together. Then... Taryn saw an incredibly scary sight... A BUTTERFLY! After dodging the wrath of the butterfly, she just about climbed my leg to have me carry her. About 10 yards later we saw another of those dangerous butterfly-beasts and Taryn hid her face from it by burrowing into my shoulder.
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Today was Taryn and my first real SUMMER day. Nowhere to go and no schedule to keep. So, after a trip to Target (of course), we went to Columbian Park. Columbian Park is an awesome park considering Lafayette is not exactly a huge metropolis. It has a small FREE zoo, an extremely nice waterpark (not free), a few small rides including a train (also not free) and a ton of playground equiptment. I texted Lee this list of things that Taryn was scared of at the zoo: monkeys, goats, eagles, parrots, wallabies, emus, water, toilets, a large fake caterpillar that kids climb on, llamas and ponies. And surprisingly, what was she NOT scared of???? The butterfly exhibit where you walk around amongst many butterflies. Go figure.