outdoors
DON'T FENCE ME IN
19/02/13 09:25
A strange thing happened this evening after coming home. Conor was awfully fussy and kept wanting me to pluck him out of his high chair where his mom was having trouble feeding him. After I rescued him from his chair, he cried to be let down. But when I let him down he cried to be picked up again. It was very frustrating. I asked him what he wanted but of course, he can't really talk yet. He pointed towards the living room but I couldn't figure out what he was pointing at. So I put him down and offered him my hand hoping he might guide me to what he wanted. Sure enough, he took my hand and pulled me in the direction he wanted to go. At last, we ended up at the front door and he pointed to the door handle. He wanted out. When I opened the door, he smiled and walked to the door frame and stepped out into the rain. He looked pleased and wanted to walk down the stairs. I obliged him. When we finally got to the street Conor let my hand go and he looked around and smiled. He was happy.
Then it hit me, for the last 3 days we spent almost the whole day just sitting in my dad's front yard in San Benito, Texas, soaking up the sun and the fresh air. Conor was now cooped up in the cold Northeast and he wanted to feel the fresh air, even if it was raining. I let him stand there for a couple of minutes and then picked him up and gave him a big hug. I promised we'd take him out tomorrow. I then came back inside, ordered him a raincoat online and will wait on its arrival. There's no reason to keep a little boy trapped inside a house when he wants to enjoy the great outdoors. Even if it's raining or snowing. It's time to get the right gear so he's not fenced in.
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BOY APE FOUND IN THE TREES OF MOUNT USHER IN EASTERN IRELAND
19/05/12 09:13
Tarzan. George of the Jungle. Chistopher Robinson. They’ve got nothing on Conor Driskoll. 7 months old and a good sense of balance, I found a great place for Conor to dangle his legs and sit on the tree like a big boy at Mount Usher Gardens on the eastern sea coast of Ireland. This botanical garden is probably one of the most impressive I’ve seen with exotic trees, flowers, suspension bridges and flowing river through the middle of the estate. But what I really liked most was taking my wife and son and seeing them both enjoy the strange lush green surroundings of an Irish spring. Conor wanted to touch all the leaves, flowers and grasses. He was very studious and laughed when he touched the pine needles and they poked him back.