Dog Park < Play Park

Dylan and I took Bodie for a walk while Grandma and Grandpa were in Portland today. We stopped at the Hammond beach where I saw the strangest piece of driftwood. It looks like a giant clawed hand or legs or crab legs... I'm not sure.

We also stopped by at the dog park. Some dog owners are interesting - many just sit by the front gate and don't throw balls. They just mill around and talk, and all of their dogs mill around them as well. I was the only out there throwing balls for my dog. One of the owners was remarking on how socialized Bodie seemed. I don't think the other dogs really knew how to interact. The only other dog there that knew how to play was a puppy. Oh, well.

Next we went to Tapiola. Dylan is doing way better at socializing. I figured out that the trick is to help him introduce himself. He had lots of fun playing with this 1st grader named Jerry. They pretended to drive boats, ride motorcycles, sell ice cream and pizza. It was so funny because this little girl (about 3) who was playing with Dylan in the "ice cream shop" called him "honey" when he went out to "buy" ice cream. Dylan said "you stay here. I'm going to the store." and she said "bye, honey!" I heard her mom say "Did she just say honey?" ha ha ha Dylan was oblivious to that.

Dylan was pretty funny too. He reminded me of one of those street vendors in Tijuana. He was yelling out from the window of his "shop" to Jerry saying "Hey you! Hey come over here! Hey come buy some ice cream!" He should go work at a used-car lot! Jerry was funny too and said to me about Dylan "He sure has a deep voice." I sighed. "I know." was all I could say. Dylan really knows how to command with that voice of his. But they all had fun and it was very satisfying to go to the park and NOT have a screaming tantrum meltdown and/or hitting or grabbing incident.