We’ve lived in our house for nearly four years. The property contains an acre of land. The small community and large lot are what drew us to this location. The housing development is quiet and our neighbors are nice. Our toddler daughter Jessie loves to go outside and run around the large backyard. She has plenty of room to run. Unfortunately, she likes to run to the neighbors’ houses.
The neighbors who have children have very interesting things in their yards. These things are particularly interesting to our toddler. She is especially obsessed with the battery-operated John Deere ride-on truck next door. I think we need to recharge her pink Barbie quad and put it out back for her.
In addition to roaming in other peoples’ yards, her other favorite outdoor activity is going for walks. She always enjoyed walks, but now she’s walking instead of sitting in a stroller. She laughs and shrieks and has the best time walking on the street. I really wish we had sidewalks, but at least the number of cars is low.
Yesterday she walked down to the house where two little girls live. She wanted to play. She walked right up to the door and starting knocking. It was so cute. I was finally able to convince her that no one was home. She started walking in the opposite direction and up the driveway where a boy and his baby brother live. She bothered the dogs for a little bit and went to the door even after the dad and older brother came out to investigate the racket. She loves to knock.
Then we went to our next-door neighbor’s house where a first grader and his baby sister were playing in a large inflatable pool. The three had a nice time, even though Jess didn’t go in the pool. I kept trying to convince her to continue down the street where a girl Jessie’s age, her older brother, and baby sister live. We ended up going home instead.
Walking with a toddler is an adventure, isn’t it?