so first off, i have to 'blag' about my son. (using a blog to brag...which some might argue is what this site really is). i expected drama from this cast. i envisioned screaming, crying, uncontrolled itching. but none of that has come about. its as if he doesn't have plaster on his leg. it's as if he was always meant to have this on. in fact the biggest side effect has not been to him at all.
as alaythia loves her brother and seeks to emulate EVERYTHING he does, it's come to our attention that in her attempt to learn to walk, she has assumed that walking with a limp and 'dragging' a foot behind you is what you do. as we were walking out of church on sunday we all witnessed her 'limp and drag'. while there was urge to laugh hysterically...the mother in me realizes how important it is to learn to walk and i swallowed my hysterics. it will remain to be seen how this affects her long term.
since we're on the topic of my sweet, loving little daughter -- she's really coming into her own of late. reminding us daily that, yes, she is a girl. yesterday bursting into tears, only desiring to be held. or crying a little extra just to get some more kisses. but to our surprise she is following in her uncle michael's footsteps and in the last few days has become a climber. i'll find her on the toy chest crying, wanting to get down but unsure how to do it. the little desk in the playroom -- her new throne. i'll walk around the corner to find her perched there. but this morning was the kicker.
to get us all out the door for preschool this morning i turned on some cartoons and left the kids downstairs to get dressed. when i came back down less than 5 minutes later i realized i was no longer going to be able to do this. the t.v. had become unattractive to alaythia. i found her sitting on the kitchen table, pulling all of the tokens out of the sequence game. she had her sunglasses on -- upside down. she was eating some tokens and throwing others. it looked hysterical, but knowing how unsafe it was again, i swallowed.
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You have to decide which is more important, getting a photo of whatever it is because it's so cute, or trying to play it down because you don't want them to repeat it. I usually err on the side of photographing it. They make really cute bandaid and crutch stickers for the photo albums now. You've got to try to video the limp though, that's priceless.
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