A Few Firsts
We had a few firsts this week.
On Monday afternoon Buddy had his first spin on a bicycle. It was a two wheeler with training wheels (so technically a quadricycle) that I got on Freecycle (and it's a little bit too big) and he rode like a champ. He's got that natural gross motor control that lets him accomplish almost any major physical activity. Alas, I have no photos because I was too busy running up and down the block after my little boy.
Punkin, meanwhile, was having her second try on a bike with no training wheels. We put the seat all the way down and took the pedals off so she could just roll along using her feet on the ground. Her bike is also a smidge too big so she wasn't entirely steady, but she got some good practice. She lacks the natural physical abilities of her brother (she's my kid!) so it will take her longer to practice. No pictures of her, either, but many thanks to our friend John who assisted through all of this!
The next big first happened on Tuesday, when Punkin got in trouble at school for the first time. It seems that one of the teachers chided her for sitting down during Phys Ed (did I mention she's my child?) and she said something typically 7 year old to one of her friends about said teacher. Somehow or another word got back to the teacher of what was said and Punkin got a talking to. Her teacher sent me an email with a heads up so I asked her about it that night, although it took some prying to get the whole story. We talked about it for a while, and the next morning I had her write an apology note to the teacher, which she then hand-delivered that day at school. Traumatic for her but not too big of a deal, and hopefully she learned something from it.
Knitting is happening. I'm almost done with Cassie, just have to decide how to close it. I'm having some trouble getting a zipper for the Ribby Cardi, and I'm making good progress on Serrano. I'm dying to start something new, but I'm even more motivated to finish a few things first.
Pics someday, don't know when!
On Monday afternoon Buddy had his first spin on a bicycle. It was a two wheeler with training wheels (so technically a quadricycle) that I got on Freecycle (and it's a little bit too big) and he rode like a champ. He's got that natural gross motor control that lets him accomplish almost any major physical activity. Alas, I have no photos because I was too busy running up and down the block after my little boy.
Punkin, meanwhile, was having her second try on a bike with no training wheels. We put the seat all the way down and took the pedals off so she could just roll along using her feet on the ground. Her bike is also a smidge too big so she wasn't entirely steady, but she got some good practice. She lacks the natural physical abilities of her brother (she's my kid!) so it will take her longer to practice. No pictures of her, either, but many thanks to our friend John who assisted through all of this!
The next big first happened on Tuesday, when Punkin got in trouble at school for the first time. It seems that one of the teachers chided her for sitting down during Phys Ed (did I mention she's my child?) and she said something typically 7 year old to one of her friends about said teacher. Somehow or another word got back to the teacher of what was said and Punkin got a talking to. Her teacher sent me an email with a heads up so I asked her about it that night, although it took some prying to get the whole story. We talked about it for a while, and the next morning I had her write an apology note to the teacher, which she then hand-delivered that day at school. Traumatic for her but not too big of a deal, and hopefully she learned something from it.
Knitting is happening. I'm almost done with Cassie, just have to decide how to close it. I'm having some trouble getting a zipper for the Ribby Cardi, and I'm making good progress on Serrano. I'm dying to start something new, but I'm even more motivated to finish a few things first.
Pics someday, don't know when!
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