Spring has arrived here in Durham, and we have been spending a lot of time outside. Calvin has never "played" outside until the last few weeks, and he is definitely loving it! Like a dog, if I say "outside" or "walk" or any combination of the two, he immediately goes to a door and starts trying to pry it open while whining. This display suddenly turns to squealing with delight when I finally open the door.
Saturday was 70 and mostly sunny, and Dan was home! The stars were aligned. We had so much fun together as a family that afternoon. We started off with a "walk" around the neighborhood. Here is what it looked like:
Calvin held Dan's hand for most of the 300ish meter walk. It was sweet to watch him reach for Dan's hand when he had let go for a bit.
When walking on "dangerous" terrain, Calvin was so cautious. He held on tight to Dan's hand and walked slowly, taking little bitty steps until he was back on solid pavement.
And he was pretty distractible. I admit, there are a lot of interesting things that deserve a second look- dogs, cars, fire hydrants, cable boxes, leaves, cracks on the sidewalk, pine needles, shadows, Daddy's shoes, etc.
This is pretty typical:
Calvin is spending more and more time walking like he did here are the end of our walk. He's decided that he can do it on his own, and if we tell him to come a certain way, he runs in the opposite direction laughing. Hmmm... a sign of things to come?
We walked back up to our house like this. The little tropper made it almost the whole way around the block before tiring at the very end. =)
After Calvin's walk, Dan and I put the little buddy in the stroller and took a walk ourselves to a park. We thought we'd try Cal out in a playground swing for the first time. He's never enjoyed swinging...even as an infant, but we thought we'd give it a shot. This is about what he thought of it.
Though walking outside is certainly a new activity, the rest of Cal's interests are much the same no matter what the venue...containers and balls.
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