Pimentel Family Journal

On Veteran’s Day, we went to Dino Park in Nago.  I was expecting lame and cheesy, but it was really fun!  Kind of like a botanical garden with mechanical dinosaurs.  Think Arboretum meets Jurassic Park.  Max had a blast.  He was just a tiny bit nervous at first, but he thought the dinosaurs were awesome.  Three is the best age for this kind of thing.  He mostly knows they’re not real, but it’s just scary enough to make it a little exciting.  By our second lap through the park, he just wanted to hug all the dinosaurs.  He’s been telling us about all the dinosaurs ever since.  

Sure, you can take your blocks to the park.  Why not?

We love walking to a nearby bakery or cafe and taking our treats to the beach, especially now that most days are in the seventies.  Max usually finds a large rock or stick or leaf or shell to take home with him.  

Sometimes you get in tight spaces tree climbing at the beach.  Also, he tried to take that rock home, but the stroller-pusher denied his request.

A few more glimpses of life on a Marine Corps Base.  I am missing my fancy Equinox gym, but there’s something kind of special about the bare bones functionality of a Marine gym.  The “decorations” at the gym on our base consists entirely of these two framed body builders, oddly hung as close to the ceiling as possible.  Also, these signs are on all the pipes, forbidding pull ups.  Because Marines will do pull-ups on ANYTHING and these signs are absolutely necessary.  

In our days at 29 Palms, I got used to stopping for formations and convoys of tanks, but now we’re attached to wing unit.  Meaning now I get stopped on my way to the library by Ospreys landing in the softball field.  

I still miss playing “civilian” and the perks of our old life.  But Marines are pretty great, too.  

This is playground is a few houses down from our house.  We spend quite a bit of time here.

Also, Max’s pull up game is getting pretty strong.

More tree climbing… and tree collecting, apparently.