Today was #SnakeDay! Cesar and I went to go check up on the strawberries and fruit trees inside our covered fruit tree mini forest in the nursery (spearheaded by my hubby with @earth_haven_project) where we found a lady bug (the day before we discussed how different bugs play different roles in supporting plant life while …
When life gives you a snorkel you….make a balloon blowing device. @sunettespies came to give Cesar a snorkel. He is the go-to-person for all things random you want to get rid of. He’ll find a way to do something with it. Cesar’s not very good yet at blowing balloons, but in using a modified snorkel …
When the one year old takes the 5 year old for a walk in the stroller
Cesar has been talking about the metamorphosis process that caterpillars undergo to become butterflies for the past two weeks. Today, as I was watching the dogs run to our gate, I noticed a butterfly sitting quietly underneath an Aloe leaf – it had just come out of its cocoon! I went to get Cesar, who …
Cesar calling on the Moon and Ocean to make bigger and BIGGER WAVES! Shouting how strong and powerful they are, pleading for a display of some raw nature force. I didn’t intend to swim in the water so I was wearing a dress, keeping us by the small waves rolling on the shore with my …
Spending some time with Cesar in the Parrot aviary. Cesar likes to share his food with them. When he eats a piece of fruit or veg but gets close to the stem he stops eating and collects little bits to give to the Parrots. Here he had already gotten a lot of apple to eat …
That moment you realize that you should probably start keeping your make up on a higher shelf level #candidmoment #makeup #toddler #preschooler #kidsofinstagram #instakids #lipstick #pink #motherhood #nothingssafe #artistic #beyondgender #parenting #consciousparenting #awareparenting #fun #children #childhood #boundtohappen That moment you realize you should have moved the make up then and there… #postponement #procrastination #makeup …
When we noticed that Syntia started using gestures to try to bring a message across, we took a dive into the baby signing world. Baby sign language is a popular method to give babies the ability to communicate their needs more effectively and specifically, especially before they have mastered the articulating and sounding of words. …
![Cesar gave Syntia his train tracks about a year ago, and before they were hers, she would play with them together with Cesar. She's had a ton of time to learn the different pieces, how to put them together and build a track, but for some reason, she DID NOT want to build a track by herself and most of all preferred to just watch as someone else built the track for her.
Lj and I knew she was perfectly capable of building a track for herself and we tried to support her to start small and show herself that she can do it. Or that we'd be here if she gets stuck, but she can at least try on her own. Any such attempts, however, were met with an absolute and firm refusal. So, we did it with her, or for her.
We started wondering, is this little girl really just taking advantage of us at this point? Are we entertaining this too much? Should we push harder? We knew she could do it, she knew she could do it, but for some reason she just didn't want to do it, at least, not yet.
And then one day, out of the blue, she takes out her blocks and starts building a track... by herself. Lj quietly waived me over, pointing at her, then signing 'shhht', lol - didn't want to disturb the moment. The track you see in the pic is the first one she built by herself. It wasn't a "beginner's" track like a simple circle or a straight line, it was a more intricate design laid out exactly and precisely how she wanted it to be, including all the elements she wanted to have as a part of it. Kabam, out of the blue.
There are other things where Syntia 'took her sweet time', like learning how to walk and potty training, where it was clear at some point that she was able to do it, but for some reason, pulled back or didn't want to do it all by herself just yet. It's so easy as parents to freak out over that, to think that children should develop skills in a particular way, like 'starting small' or doing something by yourself as soon as you're able to. But not all kids are the same in this. [Continued in comments..]](https://scontent-dfw5-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/135216034_868657797266702_107582540258970761_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=c4dd86&_nc_ohc=Z1V8WJUUqosAX-4LmjA&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfCJjAXVxtNiIi6gvUUl0MZd6cdkXtaHW6r2JeZgYPVE-A&oe=64DB2E92)
