Daily Walk

 
Every afternoon (almost) AJ and I go on a little walk outside.  AJ likes to run up and down the sidewalk.

We check out cars and stomp in puddles.

He meets all the neighbors.  He'll give a high five to anyone around. He supervises anyone doing housework outside.  We often go down the street to visit a water fountain in a neighbor's yard.  The people who live there always come out to say hi.  Sometimes we cross the bridge and follow the path through the woods to the fields behind the middle school.  Sometimes we just walk over to get the mail.  But whatever we do, there is one place that we must go: to visit AJ's best friend, our neighbor, Bob.

 AJ thinks if he stands around on Bob's sidewalk long enough, Bob will eventually come out.  AJ thinks this way because he is usually right. Sometimes I try to get AJ to knock on the door, but we are still working on that one.  Bob always come out and shouts, "Hey AJ!" They give each other high fives, and sit for a minute and talk.  Bob predicts a "Dennis the Menace and Mr. Wilson situation" over the next few years.  But Bob loves their friendship as much as AJ does.

We are grateful to have a little boy who loves to go outside, and for good neighbors who love to have AJ around.