The Frog
07-12-2004, 05:59 PM
Well I couldn't be more proud of my older boy Connor.
There's a part to teh local McD's playplace that's had him terrified since he was 2 (he's 4 1/2 now) because it contained a car that seems to only hang by a web and rocks freely to a certain angle when someone enters. This Saturday, for the first time, I got him to cross it. Once. He did not want to do so again but was glad to have done it. Later, as we drove to our next destination, we talked about it and I gave him some steps 1-2-3 on how to do it next time and as long as he follows those he knows he'll be fine.
Well, today my wife had them out and about and they went there again. She had seen what he did Saturday and he in typical fashion said he would do it again, but she figured also in typical fashion on this one and only topic, he would not in fact do it. After eating he got on and went all over the place on the placeplace gym, but not right to that part, as she expected. However within a few minutes, she noticed he was quiet up there and she looked and found him, quietly doing the 1-2-3 steps we had discussed, and he crossed the wobbly car. He ran down and told her, she was proud, so am I.... but that's not the big part.
In my wife's words, here's what she saw:
'But the beautiful thing was this. There was a girl, older than him, who hadn't been on this playscape before. She had questioned how to get to the slide earlier, so that's why I figured that. I kept hearing someone say..Help me get across this thing, and I look up to see Connor on the end, talking her through it. He kept telling her exactly what to do, and that she wouldn't fall, and that she was doing great.
He kept telling her the steps that you <Connor and I> two worked out. He was so encouraging. I still get misty. It was just precious. He was so sweet and gentle with her. <sigh> I love that little guy.'
THAT'S m'boy!
There's a part to teh local McD's playplace that's had him terrified since he was 2 (he's 4 1/2 now) because it contained a car that seems to only hang by a web and rocks freely to a certain angle when someone enters. This Saturday, for the first time, I got him to cross it. Once. He did not want to do so again but was glad to have done it. Later, as we drove to our next destination, we talked about it and I gave him some steps 1-2-3 on how to do it next time and as long as he follows those he knows he'll be fine.
Well, today my wife had them out and about and they went there again. She had seen what he did Saturday and he in typical fashion said he would do it again, but she figured also in typical fashion on this one and only topic, he would not in fact do it. After eating he got on and went all over the place on the placeplace gym, but not right to that part, as she expected. However within a few minutes, she noticed he was quiet up there and she looked and found him, quietly doing the 1-2-3 steps we had discussed, and he crossed the wobbly car. He ran down and told her, she was proud, so am I.... but that's not the big part.
In my wife's words, here's what she saw:
'But the beautiful thing was this. There was a girl, older than him, who hadn't been on this playscape before. She had questioned how to get to the slide earlier, so that's why I figured that. I kept hearing someone say..Help me get across this thing, and I look up to see Connor on the end, talking her through it. He kept telling her exactly what to do, and that she wouldn't fall, and that she was doing great.
He kept telling her the steps that you <Connor and I> two worked out. He was so encouraging. I still get misty. It was just precious. He was so sweet and gentle with her. <sigh> I love that little guy.'
THAT'S m'boy!