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| There is a giraffe up there |
We've been fortunate that our kids get along well with each other. My son likes being a big brother and watching over her and showing her around places, and the little one adores her big brother. So they play with each other, they cheer each other on, and she has even started letting him read to her (she still has a strong preference for mommy or daddy). About the closest thing we get to conflict is the fact that she is only 18 months old and at that age kids kinda hit each other without thinking about it. And sometimes ge-ge (older brother) just isn't enough for what she wants.
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| Siblings running at the Carnegie Science Center Sportsworks |
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| How do you like the art museum? |
The other major issue of development is courage. A is an 18 month old who does not know fear. T, has always been the careful one. He was among the slow ones to interact with others in day care, and he was slow to socialize at his new school. And we note that things that he is quite competent in around us, he freezes when others are observing him. While Taekwondo is a big help in this area (competence does help in this), with testing and tournaments, this does not get all of the way there. Using the curtesies of TKD and catholic school has been one tool he can sometimes use to get over his general nervousness, and I'm teaching him some techniques from Red Cross Pillowcase Project training as well. There are a few opportunities coming for him to practice engaging the world in public, but this will a be something to deal with for a long time (both of us parents are naturally introverts, and we expect the same is true with him)
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| Trampoline at Carnegie Science Center |
In other notes, T saw his first movie in a theater, The Martian. A now knows a fair number of letters and numbers. While slightly behind where her brother was at this point, this is without putting in any work (we think she is picking it up from two alphabet books that are on her chosen rotation).
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| Tickets to The Martian |
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