Playground
On Friday Doni and Ava went for a walk to the park after getting home. They took along Sassy because she's always up for a walk. She gets excited... perhaps too excited. Nearly every walk we have taken her on this Spring she spends the first 10 minutes whining, pulling at her leash, and barking at anything that moves. Sassy, simma' down na'! Because of this, I'm less likely to want to take her on walks anymore. Doni, however, is the more patient one and we usually end up taking her.
So Doni, Ava, and the Sassmeister get to the park and there are kids everywhere. "Can I pet your dog," comes from every direction. Sassy normally gets nervous around little kids and, as I've already stated, she's more wired lately on her walks. Doni lets them pet her, but plays close attention to Sassy in case she gets too spunky.
Meanwhile, Ava makes her way over to the stairs on the playground equipment, climbs up, and goes to the top of the first slide she sees. She's fast. I'm thinking of changing her name to "Ava Speedy Gonzales Fisk". She sits herself down and proceeds to scoot down the slide. The slide is one of those short, fat ones that 2-3 kids could go down at the same time without any problem. Things were going well until her body started to rotate near the bottom of the slide. She ended up slipping off the end of the slide and coming to a rolling stop in the mulch below. Dazed, but not injured, she made her way to Doni, who realized what was happening as Ava was coming down the slide.
Today after church, we ate some lunch and took a walk to the park (without Sassy). We had the whole thing to ourselves. Ava made several circuits up to and down the slide, having a grand old time. Maintaining her diligence in not letting a trip to the park become uneventful, she smacked her nose on a bar they have above each of the slides. I presume they have these bars there so kids are less likely to fall down the slides, but they could at least pad them with some foam or rubber. This wasn't a love tap either, she connected. Thankful that she didn't have a bloody nose, we took this as our cue to go home and take a nap.
The score stands: Playground 2 - Ava 0. Next time, babe.
So Doni, Ava, and the Sassmeister get to the park and there are kids everywhere. "Can I pet your dog," comes from every direction. Sassy normally gets nervous around little kids and, as I've already stated, she's more wired lately on her walks. Doni lets them pet her, but plays close attention to Sassy in case she gets too spunky.
Meanwhile, Ava makes her way over to the stairs on the playground equipment, climbs up, and goes to the top of the first slide she sees. She's fast. I'm thinking of changing her name to "Ava Speedy Gonzales Fisk". She sits herself down and proceeds to scoot down the slide. The slide is one of those short, fat ones that 2-3 kids could go down at the same time without any problem. Things were going well until her body started to rotate near the bottom of the slide. She ended up slipping off the end of the slide and coming to a rolling stop in the mulch below. Dazed, but not injured, she made her way to Doni, who realized what was happening as Ava was coming down the slide.
Today after church, we ate some lunch and took a walk to the park (without Sassy). We had the whole thing to ourselves. Ava made several circuits up to and down the slide, having a grand old time. Maintaining her diligence in not letting a trip to the park become uneventful, she smacked her nose on a bar they have above each of the slides. I presume they have these bars there so kids are less likely to fall down the slides, but they could at least pad them with some foam or rubber. This wasn't a love tap either, she connected. Thankful that she didn't have a bloody nose, we took this as our cue to go home and take a nap.
The score stands: Playground 2 - Ava 0. Next time, babe.
posted by Jeremy @ 1:19 PM
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2 Comments:
At 1:17 PM,
Anonymous said…
Aww! Poor Ava!
At 5:23 PM,
Koleen said…
I love the little "whee" noise she makes going down the slide!
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