It seems that Kieran is suddenly so grown up. Sure, he still has the normal tantrums at times, but then he's also very helpful with things and is proving to be trustworthy when outside playing. Without me saying a word, he consistently comments that he needs to get up on the pavement if there's a car coming, and he tries to tell Charlotte to do the same (obviously I get Charlotte out of the way).
Today he tried to help me get rid of the nettles and weeds in the back garden. After a bit, he wanted to go out into the front to play with the neighbourhood kids, and so I told him that he could provided he stayed in front of our house. We live at the end of the street, there's very little traffic on it, and he's shown himself to be trustworthy about it. I therefore decided that he could be trusted to be out there without me for the 5 minutes or less it would take for me to finish in the garden. As it turned out, another mum was out there, so he wasn't unsupervised, but I hadn't known that. I'm not ready to just turn him out to play for extended periods of time without an adult present, but for that short time, I think he would've been fine.
His growing independence amazes me, really. He still needs reassurance from us at times, and, thankfully, still loves snuggling with us, but he's really growing up fast.
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9 April 2011
12 February 2011
Slow Down, You Move Too Fast
"Slow down, you move too fast.
You got to make the morning last.
Just kicking down the cobble stones.
Looking for fun and feelin' groovy." ~Simon & Garfunkel
I was thinking about this when we were out taking a walk on this beautiful morning. I tend to walk quite fast, whether I'm in a hurry or just on a nice outing, like we were this morning. I had C on my back, and K was walking beside B behind me. C kept trying to look back to see them, so I'd stop for a bit for them to catch up, but then I'd commence walking briskly again. On the way home, though, it struck me that I needed to slow down and enjoy the moment. I needed to let K move at his pace and explore and play. He'd brought some cars with him, and at this point he was having them drive on various garden walls. He'd also brought an owl puppet that was walking along a garden wall at one point. Once I slowed down, though, I definitely enjoyed the walk much more. I think C also enjoyed going at a slower pace and being able to really look around and see what her brother and father were doing, too. Hopefully I can remember to take things slower.
You got to make the morning last.
Just kicking down the cobble stones.
Looking for fun and feelin' groovy." ~Simon & Garfunkel
I was thinking about this when we were out taking a walk on this beautiful morning. I tend to walk quite fast, whether I'm in a hurry or just on a nice outing, like we were this morning. I had C on my back, and K was walking beside B behind me. C kept trying to look back to see them, so I'd stop for a bit for them to catch up, but then I'd commence walking briskly again. On the way home, though, it struck me that I needed to slow down and enjoy the moment. I needed to let K move at his pace and explore and play. He'd brought some cars with him, and at this point he was having them drive on various garden walls. He'd also brought an owl puppet that was walking along a garden wall at one point. Once I slowed down, though, I definitely enjoyed the walk much more. I think C also enjoyed going at a slower pace and being able to really look around and see what her brother and father were doing, too. Hopefully I can remember to take things slower.
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