Feats

We took Eddie along to Whole Foods the other day, afoot. He walked through the aisles pointing at things and naming them. He saw some grapes and said "gapes"; he saw some apples and said "appos"; he saw some tomatoes and said "tomt"; he saw a guy shopping and said "man!" (pointing at him.)

I had to confirm things before we moved on: "Yes, those are grapes! Yes, those are apples! Yes, those are tomatoes! Yes, that's a man!"

He had a really good time, except when he found the toy section and then didn't want to leave; he was upset that we had to move on. But he got over it.

There's a new playground nearby (well, almost a mile away) in the Navy Yard: the Mayor Menino Park. We went to check it out. Eddie walked the whole way! He said "hi" to people we met and pointed out that they have doggies (in case they hadn't realized.) There's a closer playground that we go to in the Navy Yard, and even though we were going a different way this time, he knew when we should be turning to get to that one. He stopped and pointed the way we should turn. I told him "We're going this way, this time." He seemed pretty dubious about that, but let himself be convinced.

He was carrying a rock that he picked up on our front walk, but it was pretty cold and I put his mittens on. After that he was having trouble keeping hold on the rock, and he asked me for help. I showed him how to put it in his coat pocket, and he was really pleased with this. "Pocket! Ha-ha!" he shouted. He has come to the realization of how great pockets are for someone who wants to carry around every portable thing he can find!

Toward the end, he was really slowing down to look at every drainpipe and sign, and it was taking forever. I wasn't entirely sure if we were heading the right way myself, but then I heard some squealing children. Then I said "Do you want to go to a playground?!" and Eddie said "Yes" in his most emphatic voice. We covered the rest of that block in a fraction of the time!

It's a pretty sweet playground! It's still under construction on the outskirts; it juts out into the harbor and they're extending the harborwalk around it. There were cool bells and musical things. Up on the play structure there were a couple of periscopes which let you look across the harbor at Boston. As Eddie trundled through I said "Hey Eddie, what's that?" to get him to check it out, but some older kids (6?) were running by just then, heard me, and looked at them. "Oh wow this is epic!" one said. "Guys! Guys! You have to see this!" They shouted until all their friends came and looked, and there was a lot of hubbub for a few minutes. Eddie just stood and watched until they had all run off. When he finally had it to himself, he went up and put his face to it and said "Guys!"