Off the Pan, Into the Fire

My journey through the realm of raising our sons...

Monday, July 27, 2009

Library Storytime

The kids and I went to the library's story time this morning. Galen perused the books, and Liam listened for about ten minutes and then was off to the train set. A fun morning.

Liam's tolerance for sitting there is increasing, slowly. It would be easier if that train set wasn't there. As for Galen, it's fun to watch him stroll around, looking into the book bins and locating that special book that's worth sitting with in a chair.

I look forward to the day when I can leave them in the kids section while I look at book of my interest. In the meantime I wish they sold root beer floats.

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Caveman grammar

Hmm. Ugh. Ohh. But there's more, there's also a plethora of "B" words, balloon, ball, Boris and Beast (as in our cat). It almost seems like everyday that Liam exhibits another hint of the ability to speak, the flowering of the next developmental step. It's so wonderful. And his GeGe for Galen brings smiles.

I don't think there's much he doesn't understand; all those grunts, groans, and simple pronunciations are a touching exchange.

Saturday, July 04, 2009

I took Galen to the 4th celebrations: or, how I wanted to pass out and sleep

Galen and I went to Chanhassen's 4th of July celebration. It started out simply enough, some lunch, the kid's roller coaster, and then the play ground for 45 minutes. Then it got muggy & hot. Then Galen wanted to ride the Tilt-a-whirl. Now as a kid, this was one of my favorites. I found that it is no longer true. The first rotation was innocuous, but then it got up to speed, and wooooosh, we were a twirling.

No, lunch did not come up, or even threaten to do so. But I got a headache, queasy and never quite recovered until I got home and into the comfort of AC.

I know what you are thinking - wimp. That's OK, but I stuck it out. After the Tilt-a-headache he road the kid-coaster yet again and went back to the playground. Then it was time for a snow cone (raspberry) and the parade.

Galen can now say he likes parades. There were horses, motorcycles, clowns, candy, dancers, cars, and even a airplane flyover.

I am ready for bed, but now it's time to go see the fireworks. Kabang.