Home Again II
Got home Wednesday from 10 glorious days with Tiff, Shaun & JIMMY. Had a wonderful time. The fall colors were really very pretty this year and the weather was good except for a few days of rain.
Jimmy and Oma had their first solo adventure. We went to lunch with a cousin of mine in Williamsburg & then went to the Yankee Candle Factory. They have a real fun set up. Toy store, Christmas room with real snow and a Santa, train that runs around the top of the room, indoor fountain etc. etc. Fun stuff for a 17 month old boy. We chased him around and around and he got to see everything. It was a Thursday and they were really not very busy so all the clerks and even Santa knew Jimmy's name and greeted him on each pass. It was really fun!!! Then Tiff and I went back on Sunday and they even had a petting zoo and he got to pet a miniature horse and pygmy goats and bunnies and a llama and sheep. The horse whinnied and scared him out of his wits. He was trying to run but his feet just kept going up and down so he was just running in place. Mom was standing right beside him, so this only lasted a second before she scooped him up in her arms and made him safe. Isn't that the greatest feeling, to be able to make them feel safe just by holding them in your arms. It passes so quickly. Anyway, on the way out one of the clerks from Thursday saw him and greeted him by name and his Mom was very surprised.
Even though these were fun times, mostly I just cherish the opportunity to be with him and establish a relationship. We watched his favorite video (Elmo in Grouchland) lots of times and I learned the songs he loves and watched him try to sing along. We played silly games and rough housed and just enjoyed time together. It's so important to be able to be with him and see what he is seeing, what he likes, what he doesn't like, what scares him, what makes him smile.
We went shopping for a Halloween costume for him. We were sure Elmo would be a big hit, but he picked out Tigger. He saw it, pointed it out and fussed until we got it for him. We bought an Elmo one too, just in case he changed his mind. Then we put them away at the house for several days, hoping he would forget about the Tigger and accept the Elmo. . . silly us. He looked at the Elmo costume, said "Tigger" got down and began to search for the Tigger costume. Wouldn't put on the Elmo one at all, donned the Tigger and ran around the house just as pleased as punch. I'm pretty sure he's going to be Tigger for Halloween :)
Jimmy and Oma had their first solo adventure. We went to lunch with a cousin of mine in Williamsburg & then went to the Yankee Candle Factory. They have a real fun set up. Toy store, Christmas room with real snow and a Santa, train that runs around the top of the room, indoor fountain etc. etc. Fun stuff for a 17 month old boy. We chased him around and around and he got to see everything. It was a Thursday and they were really not very busy so all the clerks and even Santa knew Jimmy's name and greeted him on each pass. It was really fun!!! Then Tiff and I went back on Sunday and they even had a petting zoo and he got to pet a miniature horse and pygmy goats and bunnies and a llama and sheep. The horse whinnied and scared him out of his wits. He was trying to run but his feet just kept going up and down so he was just running in place. Mom was standing right beside him, so this only lasted a second before she scooped him up in her arms and made him safe. Isn't that the greatest feeling, to be able to make them feel safe just by holding them in your arms. It passes so quickly. Anyway, on the way out one of the clerks from Thursday saw him and greeted him by name and his Mom was very surprised.
Even though these were fun times, mostly I just cherish the opportunity to be with him and establish a relationship. We watched his favorite video (Elmo in Grouchland) lots of times and I learned the songs he loves and watched him try to sing along. We played silly games and rough housed and just enjoyed time together. It's so important to be able to be with him and see what he is seeing, what he likes, what he doesn't like, what scares him, what makes him smile.
We went shopping for a Halloween costume for him. We were sure Elmo would be a big hit, but he picked out Tigger. He saw it, pointed it out and fussed until we got it for him. We bought an Elmo one too, just in case he changed his mind. Then we put them away at the house for several days, hoping he would forget about the Tigger and accept the Elmo. . . silly us. He looked at the Elmo costume, said "Tigger" got down and began to search for the Tigger costume. Wouldn't put on the Elmo one at all, donned the Tigger and ran around the house just as pleased as punch. I'm pretty sure he's going to be Tigger for Halloween :)
1 Comments:
At 9:25 AM,
Anonymous said…
He will be Tigger for Halloween and he is just so cute in the costume. We loved having you here too.
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