This week has been one where both kids have enjoyed having Grandragon (and her dog Bandit) around. We’re still trying to work out ways to get Huff more mobile, and used to using her feet. here she is on Puff’s old car.
She’s been loving a number of her birthday / baptism presents, including this hand-made abacus.
Her stubbornness continues unabated. She decided that for a stroller ride up to the shops (with her brother, out of sight, on the other side of the stroller) she needed to take the pink balloon with her. Dad managed to hang onto the balloon for the whole trip there and back again, and only had to pick it up half-a-dozen times. In a way, it’s impressive to watch her hold onto something that’s so much larger than her hands.
Puff is loving the time he gets to spend with Bandit, especially when he gets to take him on a walk. here they are returning from a walk to the letterbox and back.
On Friday night, on a visit to his aunt-and-uncle’s house, he had the chance to try on Grandragon’s glasses. He couldn’t see much through them, but found wearing them to be hilarious.
Saturday morning was some father-son-dog time at the local Lebanese Pizza shop: Puff didn’t manage to eat all that much pizza, but it was a lot of fun talking to him.
He started telling me about how God made everything, and then – when I was telling him about my wedding ring, and how it related to the promise that I’d made to love Mummy forever. He said “Yes, that’s what [our minister] Ian was talking about” – he was indeed talking about that in the previous week’s sermon. Encouraging that he’s taking these things in.
We spent most of Saturday catching up with friends at a play centre: great to see them again after many years: I think their girls had as much fun playing as Puff did.
We’re still struggling with how much screen time Puff should have – he’s had much less time on the iPhone this week, and it seems to have improved his ability to interact with the world a little better.