After we came in from our bike ride this afternoon, John spotted this noodle in the garage and HAD to have it. I didn't feel like arguing. So, in it came. And he mildly played with it, all the while glued to the TV and Little Einsteins (Imagination Movers and Chuggington, too!).
John pulled his (becoming) normal tantrum during dinner. Tonight we tried a different tactic, which was no more effective than the one we tried last night. As a last ditch effort we managed to distract him enough to suggest some books to read. After the reading was over, John did relent and eat some more of his dinner.
The latest backyard toys are these 3 wood stumps Daddy cut from the Bradford Pears last week. John uses them mostly as, what else, drumsticks. The neighbors haven't complained - yet!
To continue with the drumming theme... A long while back we decided to just let John climb out of the tub on his own and we'd dry him off there in the bathroom, as opposed to our traditional approach of wrapping him in the towel and whisking him off to the bedroom for drying and dressing. Shortly after we started this, John discovered the the toilet lid makes an excellent drum. Unfortunately, he doesn't just stand there and drum. He's got to hop around and beat at the same time. This makes the drying portion of the task very difficult (and frustrating for the dryer!). I'm sure that this won't last forever and I'll miss it when he doesn't do it anymore, but when it's the end of a long day even the short 5 minutes of silliness is too much.
-EBP-
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