Where did she get this idea? Seriously she’s 2 weeks into walking and decided she’d try walking with a bucket over her head.
This could be construed as talented or concerning. Such a silly little muffin!
Month / May 2018
Loaded Questions
Earlier today, Cam asked me, “Is it hard taking care of two kiddos?”
This could mean I’m so obviously struggling that he became aware of the difficulty. But, I’d rather think he’s a curious, inquisitive and thoughtful little human. I like the idea that he is potentially a tiny but “beyond the id”.
My answer was, “Sometimes, but always worth it!”
And then I asked, “Why did you think to ask me that?”
He had a wry little smile and said, “Because we’re always doing things like eating and playing and napping….”
Come to think of it, he might be aware that it’s tough because I keep asking him “How many arms does mommy have?”
That always makes him laugh and lighten up on the requests.
Maybe I should start balancing things on my head too.
DG is a Walker!
It took Cam 14 months and 1 week to walk. It took Demi 14 months and 1 day. Who knew it would take this long because she’s been teasing us for weeks!
Yesterday morning, Cinco de Mayo (easy to remember), she walked twice for 10-15 steps. Then, in the company of the whole family, we made her show her stuff, bribing her with a raspberry (we bribed Cam with his beloved baba).
And now she’s on a roll! Here she is this morning pausing mid-walk to “cheese” for the camera. She’s so proud!
The Caterpillar Experiment
The Easter Bunny brought Cam caterpillars.
He was excited but I may have been more excited because after reading the reviews, I learned it would only take a total of 2 weeks for them to grow, go into their chrysalises and come out as butterflies. It also sounded like it was foolproof–you just keep them in their container and wait for things to happen.
Well, we got home from our egg hunt and Cam was sitting on the arm of the couch looking at his caterpillars. We were discussing where we should put them so that they’d be comfortable and safe. A place where we could watch them, but that Demi wouldn’t be able to reach.
Just then, Cam fell off the arm of the couch head first, smashing his face on the floor and crushing… no… obliterating the caterpillar habitat. I yelled for Joe, made sure Cam was okay and then immediately began picking up the plastic shards and frantically trying to locate the tiny caterpillars.
Meanwhile, Cam was crying because his hand was bleeding, which made Demi cry, which made Mila howl and amidst all the confusion we only recovered 3 of the 5 caterpillars.
We re-created the habitat with a mason jar and a coffee filter and hoped for the best.
In the end, it was a really cool process to watch. The caterpillars grew extremely fast, then one by one they attached themselves to the coffee filter lid and went into their chrysalises. One week later, the first one began to emerge and we tortured the poor thing as he warmed up and started testing out his wings. The next two came out 2 days later.
Three of five ain’t bad?
CamO+DemO 