Remote control Zach!

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Mike Badgley

Back at Christmas, Julia had given me a remote control race car as I figured it would be something that I and the boys could enjoy playing with. However, since it could only be used inside with all the snow, it was a bit to big and fast for them, and as a result they were a big frightened of it.

Now that the snow is gone and spring is well on the way, we’ve had a chance to play with it outside and Zach has really loved it! He’s still a bit ‘green’ on how all the controls work, but that hasn’t dampened his enthusiasm.

Julia was saying that yesterday he kept talking about it – how the blue car was fast and did lots of crashes!

Pat Plays up the Pouts

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Mike Badgley

Little Pat is turning into a bit of a trickster of sorts. In the past, whenever he has been frustrated with something (which is typically Zach 99.9% of the time) he would turn his head in either my direction or Julia’s with the saddest look on his face and then let out a howl or cry. Now, he’s added a new twist to his ‘act’ – demanding immediate and heartfelt attention from one of his dear guardians.

Today I played up the sadness factor big time with him, and he ate it up like candy. Each time we thought his sadness was abated, he would dig deep within himself and start all over again. At one point I’m fairly certain he had no idea what he was crying about, but cry he did!