Ups and Downs

We did our normal routine of riding the bike and taking Guinness to doggie park. We found a shiny Canadian quarter on the sidewalk. A friend was there with his two little dogs today. While we chatted, I noted that Kevin was tossing his quarter in the grass, then finding it. I knew what was going to happen... I told him some other child would find it someday and be as thrilled as he had been.

We spent the rest of the morning beginning a 550 piece whale puzzle. This may take us days!!! But Kevin is amazingly good! He is obsessive/compulsive with puzzles and works for surprisingly long stretches before needing a break.

Kevin suggested a couple of days ago that we go to a "bounce house." Online I found an indoor play area in our city and promised to go there someday. Today was the day. Boring for grandmothers, but they do have WiFi! He began on a motorized motorcycle.

Also, they provide decent spaces for adults to hang out. One was a comfy sofa where I parked myself, put my head back, and dozed off! A mother awakened me to say that Kevin had pushed her daughter. Uh-oh! Kevin used to have such problems when playing with kids, but that seems to be in his past. But I have no idea what happened.

He had fun on this bounce slide until he and other children stood at the bottom as others continued down the slide. Then the supervisor of the play area told the children (including Kevin) to not stand at the bottom as they could get hurt. Kevin had a meltdown over that. He thought that rule was very unfair. Things were turning sour.

Then he was telling me that the other children would not let him play near them. The girl he had supposedly pushed was riding a motorcycle, so he wanted to ride again. She ran into him once, then he ran into her twice. Time to go! Fortunately, he gave me no grief as he declared he never wanted to go there again.

As promised, we stopped at my favorite chocolate store and he picked out three small candies to buy.

We went to our local beach on Lake Ontario for a swim, even though it was only in the 70s today. There is a nifty playground there that I knew he would enjoy. He found the water to be cold, but braved it anyway.



That is Kevin with the legs in the air!

I talked him out of the water, and we moved to the playground. There is a sign saying that children are to play only with adult supervision. It definitely is a challenging playground! A 13 year old was there with his Mom, and it was difficult for him as well.




Not sure how this came about, but the 13 year old allowed Kevin to put him in a swing intended for the handicapped! Kevin strapped him in and pushed him. LOL

Kevin went back to the lake with a little girl he met at the playground. They played in the water for a while, then went back to the playground. Kevin had a fall, but was not hurt. Grandma should have said, "Let's go," but didn't. Then he had a second fall -- maybe 4 or 5 feet on his back. That hurt! And continued to hurt. We had to hose off the sand outside, then I put him in the shower to get the rest off, before having his bath with jets massaging his back while our pizza baked. After eating, we sat in bed and watched a Shirley Temple movie, "Bright Eyes." He was fascinated by it! That movie has the song "On the Good Ship Lollipop" which he loved. We looked it up online to hear it again and learn more of the words.