Tyler the 5-year-old Gamer
We celebrated Tyler's fifth birthday last week. He is a five-year-old with a one-tracked mind. Sometime he'll be sitting on the couch with his feet over his head for a while, and then he'll sit up and say, "But guess what, in Starcraft you have to..."
Lately we've been playing Zelda - Ocarina of Time (the N64 game). They really like it. Lydia and Tyler will sit and try to work through the game together, often with a little of my help. Tyler has become much better at the game. He is less cautious. She will sometimes sit there wondering what to do or too afraid to fight a bad-guy. He just tries things. He surprises me with what he figures out. Lydia is great at figuring the difficult puzzles out too. She definitely put's more thought and cleverness into it, but Tyler sometimes has the ideas flowing faster.
Tyler got a kite for his birthday and a rocket. We have yet to use either of them. Maybe next week. He also got a Mario shirt from us which he's been wearing a lot.
In Boston, Tyler tries swimming without floaties. I actually asked him if he wanted to try, and he said 'no.' Then mid-way through our swim I notice that he wasn't wearing them anymore. That's one of the problems of a kid who throws caution to the wind. Today he climbed a tree in front of the church, as he always does, but this time he was way up high. I told him that we need him to be safe and he said, "but I can't slip and fall." He also doesn't always wait for us to cross the street on his bike. These events are always followed by a scolding and discussion. I think he's learning a little at a time.
So about the swimming, he now brags that he can swim without his floaties. In reality, he can only paddle himself up for about one breath before going under.
He has the funniest way of saying subtle things in a matter of fact way when he's trying to convince us of things. For example, he'll say something like, "It's too bad, it looks kind of rainy. We should not go out and get ourselves wet. We need to stay here," when he knows we have some plan for the day that will take him away from what he wants to do. I made that one up, but his are much more clever.
Lately we've been playing Zelda - Ocarina of Time (the N64 game). They really like it. Lydia and Tyler will sit and try to work through the game together, often with a little of my help. Tyler has become much better at the game. He is less cautious. She will sometimes sit there wondering what to do or too afraid to fight a bad-guy. He just tries things. He surprises me with what he figures out. Lydia is great at figuring the difficult puzzles out too. She definitely put's more thought and cleverness into it, but Tyler sometimes has the ideas flowing faster.
Tyler got a kite for his birthday and a rocket. We have yet to use either of them. Maybe next week. He also got a Mario shirt from us which he's been wearing a lot.
In Boston, Tyler tries swimming without floaties. I actually asked him if he wanted to try, and he said 'no.' Then mid-way through our swim I notice that he wasn't wearing them anymore. That's one of the problems of a kid who throws caution to the wind. Today he climbed a tree in front of the church, as he always does, but this time he was way up high. I told him that we need him to be safe and he said, "but I can't slip and fall." He also doesn't always wait for us to cross the street on his bike. These events are always followed by a scolding and discussion. I think he's learning a little at a time.
So about the swimming, he now brags that he can swim without his floaties. In reality, he can only paddle himself up for about one breath before going under.
He has the funniest way of saying subtle things in a matter of fact way when he's trying to convince us of things. For example, he'll say something like, "It's too bad, it looks kind of rainy. We should not go out and get ourselves wet. We need to stay here," when he knows we have some plan for the day that will take him away from what he wants to do. I made that one up, but his are much more clever.
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