R&B

R&B love going to the park.  I like it too - especially if I've got a tea and someone to chat to while watching our monkeys climb!  Today I was lacking the tea but RKA and I took an impromptu trip to one of our favourite parks.  We stayed for over an hour which was pretty good considering that it was only 9 degrees Celsius.  I will admit that I was the first one to pipe up and say that I was cold and ready to hit the road.  I think that the kids could have stayed a lot longer.  Why don't kids feel the cold when they are playing? 

Both of the kids have been challenging themselves to learn new skills on the playground.  B is now completely self-proficient and able to climb everything.  Sometimes my heart skips a beat when he is too high... and I protectively hover underneath him, spotting him in case of a tumble.  But so far we have been fine - no major incidents.  R is also getting more adept and braver than ever.  She can easily hoist herself onto the roof of the train now and she is pretty darn proud of herself!

At two and four they all of a sudden seem so close in age and ability.  B is catching up quickly with his conversation skills and his physical abilities are often as developed as his sisters...but she still likes to lend him a helping hand...

I love the way that she watches out for him.  She loves him so sweetly.  She was at a birthday party today and she was having fun but once he showed up to pick her up she was extra excited, "Look buddy, it's a bouncy castle!  Come bounce, buddy!"  Of course, he got right in there and bounced like a mad man amidst all of the four year old girls' pigtails and tutus. 

Then when we got home tonight, the kids were playing hide and seek and B was hiding in R's closet.  She was opening the door and he was closing it.  Classic. 
Open.  Close. Open. Close. 
Mom enters: "No playing with doors or someone's hands will get hurt!".  Classic. 
Open. Close. Pinch.
B (fingers pinched): "Waaaah!" 
R: Waaaah! 
Mom (while comforting B): "I know B is hurt but why are you crying, R?"
R: "Because I hurt B!...sob...sob! I didn't mean to hurt him!"

Her tender little heart didn't want to be responsible for his pain.  Both were fine after some hugs and a book to distract them from the pain and the heartache.  Man, I love these kids!