Week ending Jan 13, 2006: Early entry this week because we’re leaving for the cruise. The kids and I have been counting down since there were 10 days left and we could count the days on all our fingers, then each day we put one more finger down. We’re all really excited. I got out the photo albums and showed them pictures from when they went to the airport to fly to Florida last year and the pictures of my 2 previous cruises. I told the kids that the boat would rock them to sleep which Chloe thought was great because she loves pretending to be a baby. That is until she asked if the bed had sides to keep her from falling out. She didn’t dwell on it too long, so I guess it isn’t such a big deal. I’m worried about 3 meals a day in the restaurants. At home we eat all our meals sitting at the table (facing the table, knees under the table, using an inside voice, is the chant of the reminders I keep giving them), so it won’t be a foreign concept for them, but I’m guessing that dinners will take longer than the kids are used to. Chloe’s excited to try new foods. Months ago Grammy Barb told her about Escargot and caviar and I said that maybe they’d have some on the cruise that she could try. Alex is a pickier eater, but he does like pizza and they’ve got a pizza restaurant, so he can survive on that for the week, worst case. We invested in some family radios (walkie-talkies) so if we split up, we can find each other again. The kids have been practicing using the radios around the house. On the radios you can’t receive if you are transmitting, so the kids have practiced saying one thing, then waiting for an answer. They don’t really need to know how to use the radios because they’ll always have a parent with them, but the concept of saying one thing and waiting for an answer would be such a useful skill for them to learn that I’m all for them playing with the radios (except, you know, for the EM radiation).
Also this week, Chloe picked up the word “crap” and used it “correctly”. When I asked her what she was saying she said “that’s what I say when I drop something, I say ‘oh crap’”. We talked about how it is not a nice word and none of us in the house should be using it, but she’s “forgotten” several times about the rule already. Before the children, her father and I were a couple of potty mouths, so it isn’t really surprising that we’ve slipped a couple times, but now we’ve really got incentive to keep it clean.
In the last few weeks Alex has been noticing Chloe writing and drawing all the time and he’s started to follow along. He’s practicing his letters more and his drawings are starting to look recognizable. So I guess in this family the children are the good influence on each other and the parents are the bad influence.
Also this week, Chloe picked up the word “crap” and used it “correctly”. When I asked her what she was saying she said “that’s what I say when I drop something, I say ‘oh crap’”. We talked about how it is not a nice word and none of us in the house should be using it, but she’s “forgotten” several times about the rule already. Before the children, her father and I were a couple of potty mouths, so it isn’t really surprising that we’ve slipped a couple times, but now we’ve really got incentive to keep it clean.
In the last few weeks Alex has been noticing Chloe writing and drawing all the time and he’s started to follow along. He’s practicing his letters more and his drawings are starting to look recognizable. So I guess in this family the children are the good influence on each other and the parents are the bad influence.
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