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The Christmas Program

December 18, 2012 – 1:16 pm

Cole had his first preschool Christmas program. All in all, it went fairly well. However, we realized there are a few things to check and double check. Apparently a boy about to go on stage has a bit of apprehension and possibly loses control of his bathroom urges or ability to voice an upcoming need.

So we get there and have a good time leading up to the program. Cole and Alex were playing with all sorts of friends on the stage and Dad and Papa figuring out just the right camera angles and lighting. Mom and Grandma talking and enjoying the evening. The only one small issue we overlooked was hearing Steph yell over the stairs before we left ‘make sure and take Cole potty’…

Nobody heard her.

So Cole goes up at the appropriate time on stage and almost immediately is clearly and painfully uncomfortable. Poor guy – all we can do is think why didn’t we take him potty??? However, he somehow put up with it until the end of song number 2 when Mom went up and pulled him out of line and took him to the bathroom.

You can see him below:

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Little steps

December 15, 2012 – 1:57 pm

Big day today for Alex – he walked down the entire flight of stairs on his own. He didn’t hold on to anything and didn’t stop! Small victories and little steps, but a great moment for our precious boy.

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Amazing

December 8, 2012 – 3:11 pm

One evening Alex was getting wiggly and was generally being annoying. In an effort to get him off me for a moment, I asked him to “run all the way around Alex!” He happily took off running. About half way around (he made it in to the play room) it became quiet. He didn’t come, and didn’t come and didn’t come. Finally, I sent Cole in search of his brother. When Cole got to the play room we heard him say “Alex, you were lost, but now you’re found. You were blind, but now you see!”

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The 2nd Bike Ride

December 2, 2012 – 11:48 am

We went out for a rather early morning bike ride this morning. This was Cole’s second full bike ride without any training wheels. He’s done amazingly well in such a short time. In fact neither Steph nor I ever thought one of our kids would learn to ride a bike this way. Cole got so good at riding his 3 wheel scooter we got him a 2 wheel scooter – it wasn’t but 3 weeks and he was as good on his 2 wheel scooter as he was one his 3 wheel. All of that practice had a huge impact on his balance. When he moved over to his push bike (no pedals) he almost immediately was able to pick up the balance and pretty quickly was riding it. Oddly, he really didn’t enjoy it much and still kept going back to his 2 wheel scooter. We decided he was ready, and with his very clear guidance, we removed his training wheels on his regular bike. He needed about 2 tries and he was riding it just as if it was completely normal for him.

Going out on regular trail is interesting for a boy who just learned to get on a ride a bike – lot’s of people, 2-way traffic, the path goes within feet of the Sammamish River, so there’s a lot of distractions. Both Steph and I were a bit worried but his first trip last weekend he did really amazingly well. He didn’t like the hills (especially the one’s that headed very near to the water) but with some coaxing from mom he did them just fine.

Today’s ride he was even more comfortable and we went for quite a ways. By the time we were done, Cole was exhausted. So proud of that boy for picking up riding a bike so quickly!

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Snowflake Lane

November 30, 2012 – 10:22 pm

Whew – when it rains hard people don’t show up.

When we went to Snowflake Lane at the Bellevue Square last year it was so packed we actually started to worry for our safety. This year, it was far better. I’m sure it was mostly due to the heavy rain fall the night we went. It was still busy but we were able to move around pretty easily. Cole & Alex both seemed to like it. Alex was so tired that I don’t think much of it sunk in – he stayed awake (not sure he could help it with the volume) but didn’t look excited about the whole thing. Cole had some fun moments, dancing with the dog, pictures with the mouse, and dancing in the rain with mom.

Overall a great way to spend the evening (now Cole’s asking to go back).