Since he could talk he has had a certain Independence about him. "I do it". I loved it when his little voice would say those words. Even though he sometimes had no clue what he was doing. Or he wanted to lend a helping hand with me, I have always admired that he was a hands on learner . Now that he is 4 he really doesn't need much help getting dressed. I still stay present just in case he needs my help. "I do it all by myself" are the words he says now. It makes me a little sad that he doesn't need me for everything now. "I'm hungry" are words I hear alot from him. So I tell him find something to eat and I will help you make it. I let him put the snack ideas together. He can open the fridge. He can open the pantry. So he can grab whatever his little heart desires. Here he is with minimal help from me making a peanut butter sandwich. "Watch me mom" are the words I hear when he does something a...
Jessie is in gymnastics...or as she calls them..."nastics". Anyway...they are learning to do cartwheels. I loved doing cartwheels when I was younger so I jumped on the opportunity to show her how its done so that her "nastics" teacher will be O so proud of her next week.
First...(and thank goodness there are NO pictures of this!!) I can not do a cartwheel...anymore...Im old. My wrist gave out. I fel on my booty 3 times!!. So after Jessie stopped laughing at me I thought I would let her give it a whirl.
I'm showing her feet positions and telling her its really best to get a running start to do a good cartwheel. She told me she cant stand still and run at the same time! Well good point....so to that I say...Lets go in and have some ice cream then! We will practice some more next time...when I dont have any ice cream in the freezer distracting us!
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