What would Emily Post do? I think in today's environment her head would probably explode. Let's explore this. I have some friends (I was originally friends with the man of the couple) who have announced they are divorcing. This is their third such announcement in a year. Each time they've announced it, they've re-thought it and tried to work things out because they have young children. This time I think they are going through with it. Yesterday I got an email (addressed to many others) from him announcing the divorce, which I don't particularly have an issue with. After all who wants to call everyone you know and re-hash the story? But after that e-mail went out he changed his facebook status to single. Really, is that up there on the list of important things when you are in the midst of ending your marriage? Is it a subtle way of telling people who didn't get copied on that email that you're available. It just seemed a bit strange.
On to today's thing that doesn't suck. This is birthday week for the munchkin. I am of the "a birthday is a big deal" school of thought so we're having a party (with a pony) and we already got her big birthday present. It's a Skuut which is a balance bike, essentially a bike with no pedals. It's supposed to help kids develop the balance skills necessary to ride a bike so no training wheels are needed. I've heard only raves about this, my brother's friend had one and his daughter could ride a bike with no training wheels when she was 3. So far Ellie likes it. That is after we get over the helmet meltdown the precedes the riding of the bike. I prepped her for weeks about the helmet. Every time we saw someone riding a bike we talked about how they were wearing a helmet, we watched an Elmo video about riding a bike that talked about helmets, we picked out an Elmo helmet. Uh yeah, conceptualizing wearing a helmet and putting on a helmet are apparently two verrry different things when you are a toddler. I have high hopes that we'll get over it though. And to prove how awesome helmets are I'm wearing my bike helmet around the house. Which actually might be a good thing given the number of toddler head butts I've gotten this week.
4 comments:
we thought of the bike but man, my kids are soo clumsy that is was out. They can pedal their trike just now 1 year after we got if for them BUT the helmet, um yeah, they would wear that sucker all the damn time...
Have you guys ever looked at the three wheel Ybike Balance Bike? This is an award winning Balance Bike from South Africa that focus on the Balance development of toddlers from around 1.5 years to 4 years. It was tested at he University of Stellenbosch ,South Africa and the results was amazing. Not only did it assist in motor skills development but it was a real confidence booster. Visit the site for more info and the test results. http://www.ybike.co.za launching soon in the US.
Jean, I recently visited friends in South Africa and must agree with you, a very sexy toy with obvious benefits to toddles, YBIKE seems to have flooded South Africa, thats how they make such brilliant cricketers as can be seen at the Twenty20 World Cup in the UK
cheers all
what I like about the Ybike is the double rear wheel setup and the low seat. it makes it something between a trike and a balance bike. It is amazing how the clumsy kids improve there skills and confidence when they play with the Ybike at the playshool a few times a week. I guess the pushing and pulling they do to get a achance on the Ybike helps to develop something too..;-)
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