After Costco and lunch we went to Kids’ Playland again. It is a fun play facility with all kinds of areas, toys, and play equipment.
The first thing that caught my eye was an Anpanman car; two of my favorite things. So I had to take it for a ride. I was a bit surprised at first and not sure how to enjoy it, but I ended up going back to it and enjoying it more.
Next stop was the ball pit. I enjoyed it a lot more the last time I was here. I think that because I can walk now, rolling around in the ball pit was not as appealing. Still, I had fun!
Mommy and Daddy knew that I liked slides, but they didn’t know that I could sit down the right way and push myself down. Mommy and Daddy, there is a lot that I can do that you don’t know about.
There was another Anpanman car in the play area, but this one you powered by yourself. You’re supposed to sit on it and scoot around, but I just treated it like a big toy car.
I eventually got it right and rode it.
I was having fun playing and riding the Anpanman car until a little baby girl came crawling over. She was less than a year old and very friendly and curious. She started playing with the car which I had deemed as my own. I sat there and tried to ignore her. When she reached out and played with the car I sat there and let her. I didn’t push her away or anything like that. I knew that she was littler and that I was bigger and that I should be nice to her. So I let her play with the car a bit. Eventually she had to leave and I held everything in until then. But to tell the truth, I was sad. I wanted to play with the car, but I tried really really hard to be a good boy and not be selfish. It was the right thing to do, but it was hard and I was feeling a bit down after that. This was a practice of gaman (enduring, patience, self-control, self-denial). I may be a big strong boy, but I’m also very sensitive.
Mommy and Daddy were very proud of me, as well as concerned. But I quickly bounced back and continued to have fun!
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I checked out a couple of trains. The big one that you can ride was out of order. But the small one that you could run on a track was working and interested me a lot!
Back to Anpanman car.
I also finally got to play in a huge inflatable tube that I saw bigger kids play in before. It looked like a lot of fun, but also a little intimidating.
With all the fun I had, surprisingly one of the most interesting things was the floor panel on the slide that would pop when you put weight on it. I discovered it while playing on the slide and thought it was so funny! They slide was fun too, of course.
As you can see, I had a great time at the playland! What was more fun than each area was walking between each area on my own. I took the lead and Mommy and Daddy just had to follow me as I toddled from one place to another. With every step I take my world is expanding and getting far more interesting.