When C1 is not watching the Pteranodon family ride the train on TV, she is playing it. We hear a LOT of "RAAWRK!" around here. She insists that I call her "Shiny" and she calls me "Mrs. Pteranodon." I don't love that my 21-month old son can squawk like a pteranodon and say "flap, flap flap", but doesn't say "Mama." I don't love that C1 is jumping off the couch (and teaching her brother to do it!) as she flies and dives for fish. BUT, C2 is saying something. I can excuse the jumping on and off the furniture by telling myself that it is good gross motor skill exercise; I'll call it PE. And they are, after all, eating fish. ;o)
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Riding the Dinosaur Train
C1 is obsessed with the PBS show Dinosaur Train. We don't have cable, so we stream it on NetFlix. There are only 24 episodes to choose from, and we have seen each one at least twice, and the favorites are in regular rotation. Our kids get roughly 30 minutes of "video" a day, so 2, 12-minute episodes of Dinosaur Train. If C1 watches much more than that, her behavior deteriorates. C2 doesn't pay much attention anyway, except to sing along with the theme song - anything that gets him using words is a win in my book. I usually use video time to do dishes and prepare dinner, so I haven't watched closely, but I like what I have overheard. I think the Pteranodons are an unschooling family! Buddy makes lots of hypotheses, and they travel a lot.
When C1 is not watching the Pteranodon family ride the train on TV, she is playing it. We hear a LOT of "RAAWRK!" around here. She insists that I call her "Shiny" and she calls me "Mrs. Pteranodon." I don't love that my 21-month old son can squawk like a pteranodon and say "flap, flap flap", but doesn't say "Mama." I don't love that C1 is jumping off the couch (and teaching her brother to do it!) as she flies and dives for fish. BUT, C2 is saying something. I can excuse the jumping on and off the furniture by telling myself that it is good gross motor skill exercise; I'll call it PE. And they are, after all, eating fish. ;o)
When C1 is not watching the Pteranodon family ride the train on TV, she is playing it. We hear a LOT of "RAAWRK!" around here. She insists that I call her "Shiny" and she calls me "Mrs. Pteranodon." I don't love that my 21-month old son can squawk like a pteranodon and say "flap, flap flap", but doesn't say "Mama." I don't love that C1 is jumping off the couch (and teaching her brother to do it!) as she flies and dives for fish. BUT, C2 is saying something. I can excuse the jumping on and off the furniture by telling myself that it is good gross motor skill exercise; I'll call it PE. And they are, after all, eating fish. ;o)
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