One can't be too cautious about the dangers of the sun
Natalee plants Cole's first kiss rather forecefully on his cheek
Learning to Make and Eat Mudpies
Hunter and Cole
Friday, August 28, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Milestone
Today, Thursday August 27th, 2009, at nine and a half months old, Cole took his first unassisted step. We were at the Early Years Centre Drop-In and he was walking along holding on to the big red fire truck and suddenly he just took his arm away from the truck and kept on walking! Well, about one and a half steps and then down he went. But still!
There's no turning back now.
Today, Thursday August 27th, 2009, at nine and a half months old, Cole took his first unassisted step. We were at the Early Years Centre Drop-In and he was walking along holding on to the big red fire truck and suddenly he just took his arm away from the truck and kept on walking! Well, about one and a half steps and then down he went. But still!
There's no turning back now.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Vocabulary
Our neighbour, Karen, told us this story about when her son, Mack, was just two and a half years old. Apparently, his younger baby brother was just learning to crawl and was always getting in his way. So Mack bit him.
Well, Karen was beside herself. She didn't know how to discipline a toddler. So she phoned her mother. Her mother said that you can always talk to a toddler and explain why it's wrong to bite someone else, even if you THINK they don't have the vocabulary to understand, they sometimes understand more than you'd think.
So Karen remembers sitting down with Mack and explaining in the simplest language she could use that it is not okay to bite other people, even if they make you upset and even if they are in your way. It is alright to be angry, but you cannot bite your brother. Karen wondered whether Mack understood this concept or whether the vocabulary was, indeed, beyond his grasp.
A few days later, Karen was working at her desk in the living room and she heard Mack playing around the corner from her. In his sing-song voice, she heard him chirp, "Uh Oh! The backhoe has a broken hydraulic cylinder!"
Our neighbour, Karen, told us this story about when her son, Mack, was just two and a half years old. Apparently, his younger baby brother was just learning to crawl and was always getting in his way. So Mack bit him.
Well, Karen was beside herself. She didn't know how to discipline a toddler. So she phoned her mother. Her mother said that you can always talk to a toddler and explain why it's wrong to bite someone else, even if you THINK they don't have the vocabulary to understand, they sometimes understand more than you'd think.
So Karen remembers sitting down with Mack and explaining in the simplest language she could use that it is not okay to bite other people, even if they make you upset and even if they are in your way. It is alright to be angry, but you cannot bite your brother. Karen wondered whether Mack understood this concept or whether the vocabulary was, indeed, beyond his grasp.
A few days later, Karen was working at her desk in the living room and she heard Mack playing around the corner from her. In his sing-song voice, she heard him chirp, "Uh Oh! The backhoe has a broken hydraulic cylinder!"
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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