Tag Archive: toddlerhaving
We went on a day trip today. Our plan was to go to Port Townsend by way of the Mulketeo-Clinton Ferry to Whidbey Island. The Keystone Ferry however had a 2 ferry waiting list. So… we optend to just drive up Whidbey.
A few years ago we drove up there and stumbled onto a carnival at a local park that had a playground. The carnival wasn’t there this year. But the park was quite nice. It had some wonderful equiptment for aiden_freeman to climb on. It also had two great slides. (See the new pictures in my Aiden 18-24 month LJ gallery)
One of the nice attractions of the park was a small controlled lake area that fed off the sound. It had a water slide, a swimming area, and plastic paddle boats you could rent for $5/ 1/2 hr. All three of us got life jackets and we rode around the lake.
Aiden was in his glee.
Below is probably one of my favourite photos to date of him. He is so full of happiness, life, and intelligence.
I think we’re doing a quite fine job with him.
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Picture taken on a rented paddleboat on a mini lake in Oak Harbour on 080713 |
With Aiden recovering on the couch today we decided tonight would make for a good movie night.
We discovered some film cravings missing from “The Library” which will soon be rectified.
While looking, however, something odd happened. Aiden (being held by H) started pointing at the collection.
“Would you like to pick the movie, tonight?” I asked.
Figuring he’d just connect with whatever DVD H walked to, it was an exercise in amusement.
However… Aiden’s finger zeroed in on a specific DVD. It was obvious he’d picked one. Moreso when as we got closer he reached for the one he was pointing to and pulled it from the shelf. He’d pointed at the same one all the time.
Granted… it was the big pink one that stood out from the black and blue of the other jewel boxes.
So Aiden’s selection tonight: “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert“
I’ve always been impressed how in cop shows they can tell the age of a random person. The really amazing thing is that they do this without cutting them in half and counting the rings.
Today, after getting picked up at my bus, a father walked by with an infant. I looked at H and said, “6 months?”, she agreed.
Before having one myself… I was useless at aging a child.
I’d ask, “So how old is he? 3 yrs”
“No Andrei, she’s 9 months”
“Oh.””
“Okay, so she’s like 5 right?”
“no, I’m 10”
Now… oh, now… Now I know what physical milestones occur to the month. I know when the head is likely to be up unsupported. I know when certain levels of motor control occur. Now granted, I’ve learned this not only from having a recently acquired model of my own. But because having one of these devices seems to give you every right to invade in every other parent’s life with the obnoxious question, “Ooh, How old”
I think the question is designed solely to give a parent a warm fuzzy about their own child’s developmental progress.
Yes… my new super power. Telling the age of a toddler or infant without cutting them in half and counting the rings.