With the Stay At Home Dad Experiment moving into a less intense phase, Abby and I won’t be spending as much time together, so we’re hitting some of our favorite spots this week. We headed down to the River Market to ride the streetcar but the a sign at the streetcar stop said they wouldn’t be running until further notice. Bummer.
So went over to check on the Junction Bridge to see how it is since they reopened it. It’s the same. Afterward we hit the riverfront playground. I always thought the fountain next to the play area was just a fountain. We hadn’t been down there since it warmed up and so hadn’t seen the fountain operating. Turns out the fountain is actually part of the playground. There’s a big button you push to make the water jets come on. Abby is really big on fountains now. Last week Gina let her wade around in a public fountain and now when we leave to go somewhere Abby asks if there will be a fountain there.
On our way downtown, we drove through Mount Holly Cemetery, which, as luck would have it, has a big fountain, and Abby wanted to get in it. I explained how her wading in that fountain would be disrespectful of the dead. When we got closer she saw a bunch of birds frolicking in the cooling waters and asked why it was OK for the birds to get in the fountain. Then followed a long conversation about the habits of birds and how they differ from people.
So when she saw the kids playing in the water thing at the playground she about lost her mind. She ran down and stripped off her shirt and shoes and started to take off her shorts. I explained how total public nudity is bad manners. She said, “But I want to be naked.”
Being naked wasn’t the point, she just didn’t want her shorts to get wet. Since she had to leave her shorts on, she didn’t want to commit to a full soaking, but she did go over several times and hang her head down until the water jets blasted her pony tail all around. I kept telling her to back her bottom up into the water. She would go until the water barely touched her shorts.
She hasn’t had all her shots yet, but I hope she’s at least had a hepatitis C and DIPTET.
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abby would love arizona – there are splash parks in just about every public place here!
gotta have her diptets!
LOL. The convos you two have always crack me up. I love the things kids ask.
Why is the Stay at Home Dad Experiment becoming less intense? Did you get a “real” job?
@zman Not a real job. Abby’s going to daycare and I’m going to school at UCA. There’ll still be some SAHD action in the afternoons.