He also comes over to take me or my husband by the hand and bring us to something he wants to do or something he wants.
He used to sign 'milk' all the time when he wanted that, but he doesn't do that much any longer. I miss that one.
July 27, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
"This!"
Alex points to something he wants and says 'This!', even pointing to the window or door saying 'This!' when he wants to go outside.
He also comes over to take me or my husband by the hand and bring us to something he wants to do or something he wants.
He used to sign 'milk' all the time when he wanted that, but he doesn't do that much any longer. I miss that one.
He also comes over to take me or my husband by the hand and bring us to something he wants to do or something he wants.
He used to sign 'milk' all the time when he wanted that, but he doesn't do that much any longer. I miss that one.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Let's Go Have Some Fun
I'm fed up with beating my head against a wall trying to get this place organized. I want to go out and play.
I took a couple of days' naptime to chew through the internet for things to do in this area. I started with a basic search on "children's activities" + the area name. I also took advantage of local advertising bulletins and local papers to find mention of places to go. I even opened up Yahoo Maps of my town and zoned in on anything within a 15 mile raidus that appeared green or labeled as a recreation place. Then I'd google the name of that area or park or whatever it was.
I found a TON of things to do that way. I was able to find two children's museums, a nearby aquarium, a community children's center, a commercial water park, a commercial amusement park, a county park with an awesome kiddie pool and water play stuff, a sprinkler park at a nearby beach - even a huge play area in a local MALL. (He LOVES it!) There's an amusement park/pool/beach/arcade place 3 miles away from me, but through the Yahoo Map perusing, I found another one in Connecticut that appears to have even more things geared towards toddlers. Of course, it's on the totally opposite side of Connecticut from me, so I haven't exactly made efforts to get there yet.
Then, because of the particular geography of this area, we also happen to have access to a ton of boatrides and ferries, intended for transportation, but inexpensive and short enough for Alex to just totally love going on them. Boats are cooler than standing still.
And as much as my gym babysitter service annoys me, I still always have that option since he loves the usual babysitter and the ton of toys they have there. It's $2.50 for a half hour.
Yup. Summer just got a lot more fun.
I took a couple of days' naptime to chew through the internet for things to do in this area. I started with a basic search on "children's activities" + the area name. I also took advantage of local advertising bulletins and local papers to find mention of places to go. I even opened up Yahoo Maps of my town and zoned in on anything within a 15 mile raidus that appeared green or labeled as a recreation place. Then I'd google the name of that area or park or whatever it was.
I found a TON of things to do that way. I was able to find two children's museums, a nearby aquarium, a community children's center, a commercial water park, a commercial amusement park, a county park with an awesome kiddie pool and water play stuff, a sprinkler park at a nearby beach - even a huge play area in a local MALL. (He LOVES it!) There's an amusement park/pool/beach/arcade place 3 miles away from me, but through the Yahoo Map perusing, I found another one in Connecticut that appears to have even more things geared towards toddlers. Of course, it's on the totally opposite side of Connecticut from me, so I haven't exactly made efforts to get there yet.
Then, because of the particular geography of this area, we also happen to have access to a ton of boatrides and ferries, intended for transportation, but inexpensive and short enough for Alex to just totally love going on them. Boats are cooler than standing still.
And as much as my gym babysitter service annoys me, I still always have that option since he loves the usual babysitter and the ton of toys they have there. It's $2.50 for a half hour.
Yup. Summer just got a lot more fun.
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