Christopher (six years old) sounds out words as he walks around the house these days, and today he was up first. I was still in bed while he ate cereal. He'd asked me to help him swap the wheels out on the 3-inch-long die cast trick bike we bought yesterday at the dollar store (it comes with tiny tools and interchangeable parts....I've wanted one since they came out....can't really explain why).
At about the right time for him to have finished his cereal, I heard the following as he rounded the corner into my room.
"Nec-e-s-ary.....necessary, necessary......necessary.....is it necessary to be in bed? We need to work on this."
Then he started to show me how to ride the bike with his fingers. I tried to show him different things I'd seen trick riders do, but I didn't think he had a good frame of reference. So we found this video on you-tube (which we then had to watch on the dvr that gets youtube, it was so good).
He said, "Mom, I know why you picked this one. It's got nature AND the tricks you wanted me to see."
At about the right time for him to have finished his cereal, I heard the following as he rounded the corner into my room.
"Nec-e-s-ary.....necessary, necessary......necessary.....is it necessary to be in bed? We need to work on this."
Then he started to show me how to ride the bike with his fingers. I tried to show him different things I'd seen trick riders do, but I didn't think he had a good frame of reference. So we found this video on you-tube (which we then had to watch on the dvr that gets youtube, it was so good).
He said, "Mom, I know why you picked this one. It's got nature AND the tricks you wanted me to see."
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