The First Step…
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Tadhg Learning to Crawl
Oh now we’re in for it . . .
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Clouds for Breakfast
So this morning, just after we awoke, the munchkin stood at the sliding glass doors in the living room, looked out at the sky in the backyard and said,
“Daddy, there aren’t any clouds!”
My half-awake self, confused, suggested, “Oh honey, I’m sure there are some clouds out there.”
“No, Daddy, there’s not!” with genuine dismay, “There’s NOT!!”
Uh. Come on, brain. “Why don’t we look out front?”
Her face lights up, “Yeah!!”
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Cereal with a Fork
There are a lot of firsts in a kid’s life. They haven’t been alive as long as you and I, so there are a lot of things they haven’t encountered before; a lot of things that need careful evaluation and experimentation before deciding what the appropriate course of action in the given circumstance might be.
As we get older we stack up a huge number of experiences. We know not to sit on balloons (they pop when you do that). We know not to grasp the inside of a doorjam when closing a door (that hurts), not to lick a sharp knife and not to order Guinness west of Chicago.
These are all important life lessons that allow the experienced individual a sophisticated level of functionality in everyday life without the need to pause and consider . . . why not eat cereal with a fork?
. . . for example.
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Favorite Uncle
So everyone’s got that favorite uncle when they’re growing up. You know the one, the one who needs little coercing before getting on his hands and knees to play, the one who is constantly removing his thumb or pulling coins out from behind your ear or telling horrible jokes that you pretend to think are stupid, but you end up telling your friends on the school playground the next day . . . you know, THAT uncle.
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