Ever wondered what our young man looks like as he slowly strolls home, snacking, after a fun day at school? Wonder no more as we share a couple of videos of the young man walking through the park. Plus a couple of bonus videos.
Walking through the park:
Bonus video: from a few weeks earlier, when it was sunny and warm, with chirping birds and a giggling Nyan: Read the rest of this entry »
A couple weeks back, Daddy’s job threw this year’s version of the annual ‘summer’ picnic/party. Like last year (which you may have read about here), it was held at Wrotham Park, a sprawling estate that’s home to many acres of hills, trees and ponds, plus a big ol’ manor house. And like last year, the ‘summer’ picnic took place in early September. That worked out well last year, as the day was warm and sunny. This year, not so much – it was cool, cloudy and threatening rain all weekend, and a cold wind was whipping up the hills. In fact, Daddy came down with a nasty two-week cold the very next day; Nyan, we’re very happy to report, did not get sick. Whew.
Still. it was a very pleasant family outing. Here’s the star of the show, jamming to a little tune about summertime:
There was plenty of food:
A trio of recent videos of our young man at play. First up, Nyan Thomas, Master Builder. Note how he sings to himself as he builds; note the concentration; note the glee with which he knocks it all down.
Playing in the front room, including trying out the scooter that he got for his birthday:
And finally, being silly with Daddy, and stopping Daddy from playing the piano, and babbling at Daddy:
Our boy is definitely a boy’s boy. Without any prompting from us or anyone, he fell in love with every truck, fire engine, airplane, car, tractor, or noisy mechanical thing you can think of. He loves to be loud, he loves horseplay, he loves to make a mess. He’s a boy.
But.
He also likes to wear dresses.
We’re of course okay with that. It’s just costume dresses that he puts on at school some days, and refuses to take off when it’s time to go home. Fair enough; if it makes him happy, he can wear a dress home. The only possible downside, far as we’re concerned, is that someday we’ll be able to embarrass him with photos and videos of him wearing a dress.
Like here. The other day, he wanted to play with his toy tractor and truck out in the backyard. While still wearing his dress. We present this without comment or judgment; just enjoy our boy being, um, a boy.
Please note that at the end of this video, when he pushes the trailer and it slides out from under him and he splats on the ground… he was not harmed whatsoever. The video ends abruptly ’cause Daddy wanted to make sure Nyan was fine. And he was. I guess maybe the dress padded his fall?
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One of the nice things about our new home is that the walk to and from school takes us right through a nice leafy park. And it’s got a great playground area, where Nyan gets to visit on many days on his way home. Here are a couple of videos Mommy took on a recent visit.
Just found another old video, this one from October 2011 – Nyan was about 3 and a half months old. It’s short and sweet: a Mommy and her boy.
Oh the things we do on weekends to make sure our little man is tuckered out by the end of the day. One of his (our) favorite things is to run little laps around the house, oftentimes yelling and shouting. Like here.
Of course, he’s pretty easily distracted, by his toy truck or the overhead light. But, we’re happy to report, this running around does the trick and makes bedtime much easier!
This is our boy. Always curious, always looking around, always touching things to see how they feel. (And always trying to get into cars!) Mommy shot this video on the walk home from school a couple weeks ago.
Here he is on the same walk, examining the sidewalk, singing to himself a little bit, yelling at the traffic, happily meandering on a sunny evening in late summer. This is our boy.
Today we’re going back in time. Back before he could stand up, let alone walk. Before he could speak. Before he could do much at all, except for explore his world (something he’s been keen to do since about day one, actually).
Here’s our boy from July 2012, age just shy of one year old, exploring an empty bath rub, babbling, and pulling down the shower curtain. Oops.
Why are we posting this now? No reason at all, other than we just found this video, and we’re pretty sure we haven’t shown it before, and it’s a nice look back at how he was back in the day.
Here’s a quickie, our boy riding a Thomas the Tank Engine ride at a local supermarket.
What we really love about this is how the train is moving back and forth at a speed not much faster than the snails out in our back yard. But Nyan doesn’t care; he’s happy as Larry on his train – and holding on for dear life ’cause, apparently, the train is going so fast!
Until, of course, he gets distracted by a kid playing nearby…
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