Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Weekly Update -- 13 - 19 April 2009

Yay, I'm 119 weeks old today!

T.M. and I have been trying to take Masinja on walks, weather permitting. We have had a few rainy days, so we haven't been able to go on a daily basis.

I decided to try to take him to the park early this week. We drove over to the newer base housing, because they have some really great playgrounds complete with slides and toddler swings. Masinja was super excited when we started walking on the sidewalk to get to the playground. We went down two of the slides a few times and I pushed him in the swing for about 10 minutes. He didn't want to play for very long though, because he was more interested in walking on the sidewalk! I figured I might as well just drive back home and take him for a walk around the neighborhood instead.

We had a pleasant walk with the exception of the German Shepherd that got a little too close for comfort. Thank goodness the dog's owner was outside at the time, because he made her back off. Luckily the dog didn't scare Masinja and we continued on our walk. It took us quite a while to complete our walk because Masinja kept stopping at every crack in the sidewalk to inspect it. I think he was fascinated with the texture of the concrete, because he kept scratching it will his finger nails. We eventually made our way back home and Masinja didn't throw a temper tantrum this time when we got there. He was probably tuckered out from playing on the playground. :0)

T.M. and I took Masinja to the playground again this weekend. There is a school directly behind base housing that has two playgrounds. We decided to check out the preschool playground. It took longer than it should have to walk to the playground, because Masinja got distracted by the fence. He kept stopping and hitting it to hear it clang. When we finally got to the playground, he had a blast! They had several different slides and he giggled as he slid down them. There weren't any toddler swings, but he was more interested in the wood chips that were on the playground than anything else anyway. He wasn't too happy when we left the playground, but as soon as he realized we were going to continue our walk he was happy as a clam. :o)

Masinja's Uncle Boop (Jeremy) is coming for a visit next weekend, so we are going to take him to the zoo. I'm sure he will have a great time.

That's all for now.

Peace,
T.M.M.

2 comments:

toni said...

im so glad to hear how grown up he is becoming. he gets more and more handsome as the days go by. love and miss you all

Kate said...

I's soooo glad to hear that he loves to walk. It is so fun to hear about his adventures and all his exploring.

Hi Mr Mason! Miss you!