February Happy Birthdays
5 years ago
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Hot dogs at A&W
Dinner tonight was a bit uninspired, but at least we walked there and back and had fun watching the cars go by.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Growing up at the Bounce House
To cap off our day, me and Alex went to the Bounce! House in Loveland.
The last few times we have gone, I have accompanied Alex into all the bouncy castles; This is one great feature of the venue. Generally Alex is very timid around large groups of other children, even those his own age.
I began to get worried that he is not being social. So today I started out playing with him in each bouncey castle. But at a certain point I stepped back and sat down in a nearby chair between two of the inflatable rooms.
Alex ran over to me and snuggled between my legs. He clearly wanted me to come with him. I told him that I would sit right here and wait for him if he wanted to go over to one of the bouncey castles. At first he resisted, but eventually his sense of adventure and the promise of jumping up and down frenetically got the better of him.
He ran over to the entrance and climbed halfway up, then climbed down and ran back to me. I was right there waiting for him.
Then he ran back over and climbed in all the way. I waited for a 3-mississippi count, and he climbed back down and ran back over to me. Very cool!
Then he ran over, climbed in, and started to bounce. Hooray!
He still got a little shy when another boy climbed in, but he stayed in for a few seconds past that.
Then I thought we'd have some real fun, and I managed to coax him to climb up the big slide and slide down on his own too!
The next thing you know, he'll be driving. :-)
The last few times we have gone, I have accompanied Alex into all the bouncy castles; This is one great feature of the venue. Generally Alex is very timid around large groups of other children, even those his own age.
I began to get worried that he is not being social. So today I started out playing with him in each bouncey castle. But at a certain point I stepped back and sat down in a nearby chair between two of the inflatable rooms.
Alex ran over to me and snuggled between my legs. He clearly wanted me to come with him. I told him that I would sit right here and wait for him if he wanted to go over to one of the bouncey castles. At first he resisted, but eventually his sense of adventure and the promise of jumping up and down frenetically got the better of him.
He ran over to the entrance and climbed halfway up, then climbed down and ran back to me. I was right there waiting for him.
Then he ran back over and climbed in all the way. I waited for a 3-mississippi count, and he climbed back down and ran back over to me. Very cool!
Then he ran over, climbed in, and started to bounce. Hooray!
He still got a little shy when another boy climbed in, but he stayed in for a few seconds past that.
Then I thought we'd have some real fun, and I managed to coax him to climb up the big slide and slide down on his own too!
The next thing you know, he'll be driving. :-)
Finals Season
This week marks the beginning of finals season for DU Law. That means Alex and daddy are spending a LOT of quality time together for the next 2 weeks.
Also daddy found a new iPhone app for writing blog posts on the go, so expect more frequent dispatches.
Today Dana is at a study session in Denver. Me & Alex are going to try flying his Cars kite at the park, and maybe go to the bounce house.
Also daddy found a new iPhone app for writing blog posts on the go, so expect more frequent dispatches.
Today Dana is at a study session in Denver. Me & Alex are going to try flying his Cars kite at the park, and maybe go to the bounce house.
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