Have you ever thought about the fact that kids have to learn how to play? Their little brains must get so tired. Recently Haley has made some big steps in learning to play. She can hold onto a toy and shake it, and just this week passed it from hand to hand.
Haley also figured out how to spin the toy on her BebePod chair. This morning at breakfast JT announced, “She’s spinning it!” Last night, Haley had her first try in the exersaucer. She is still a little short for even the shortest setting, but she really enjoyed JT’s tour of what all the toys do. (Thanks, Shucks, for letting us borrow your exersaucer!)
All of that playing is really tough work. Sometimes Haley crashes out in the spot where she’s playing (right about nap time, oddly enough…).
JT knows how to play, and he does it well. I love when he gets up from nap or finishes a meal and he looks at me and says, “I play?” Grandma Keene got him two new boats to play with, and he won’t let them out of his sight. He had the great idea to tie them behind his garage truck (“Garbage truck pull boats like trailer”).
Recently he has been more interested in playing the piano. He gets out music and then composes his own songs. At first when I got out the video camera, he was too shy and wouldn’t play. Then he changed his mind and played a brand new song just for our viewers. It is called “Five Flowers.” (There is a painting of flowers above the piano, and some fake flowers next to the welcome sign in the entry that he points out.)
The Keene Family 