Quicksilver is living up to her name. She is a pretty good sprinter.
Unfortunately, there is a public road at the end of our driveway. Her game is to say "Appa!", "Appa!"* and when I look up she does the Chicken Run.
My sprinting gait is pretty lumpy due to damage to my left calf. What was good-enough last month is not good-enough this month.
I painted an orange line on the driveway with utility, ground-marking paint that is the finish-line. If I don't get there first...she still has to stop. We are still working on that concept.
Yep, grand-kids keep you young.
*"Appa" is a smash-together of "Old" and "Papa". Quicksilver has her regular papa and she has the senior, classic edition of papa.
Think Invisble Fence.
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"Appa" (아빠) is also a korean word for "dad"
ReplyDeleteRace the other direction - away from the road?
ReplyDeleteHaving lived in the South for quite a few years now, I might have thought some form of endearment for "grandpa".
ReplyDeleteYou all be safe and God bless.
I am Boppa to my G'kids. They can keep you tired out as well but I wouldn't have it any other way. Spent today with them and here I am now, happy and tired.
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Appa is also the flying bison in Avatar The Last Airbender.
ReplyDeleteLOL true!
DeleteTime to handicap her. A weight vest.
ReplyDeleteA drag chute
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