Getting so close

Colin is so close to really walking. So close. His confidence is growing, and he is trying to walk more steps and more often. And his balance is finally clicking for him, which means he is having more success. 

This weekend, especially, he has been making great strides (aren’t I punny?) toward independent walking. He has several times walked the length of the kitchen or dining room, and his ability to navigate turns is growing too. And tonight, before bedtime, he walked all the way from the bedroom into the living room, made a 45 degree turn, and walked across the living room to Ethan. Then he was so excited that he spun around in a circle and knocked himself over. 

Colin’s problem solving skills also continue to impress me. He is mastering the locks and fasteners on his two puzzles — which, as John pointed out, will not work in our favor here. He also now will do things like push a box over to the couch and use it to climb up. The boy wants to get where the boy wants to get, and he’s not going to take no for an answer. 

Roni also is making great progress — just in different areas. She now is doing really well at going down the stairs like a big girl, holding on to the wall or rail and someone’s hand. She is very proud of herself about this (as well she should be). (Colin now will scramble up and down the stairs, but he still uses the safer crawling down backward method — thank goodness.)

Roni also is starting to use a lot more words together in “sentences” — if you can call two words typically without a verb a sentence. The number of words she knows and uses regularly is impressive, and she’s working hard on getting “acidophilus” out correctly. (It’s very cute to hear her trying to say it.) 

They’re both at that fun stage where you can watch their brains working as they figure things out. And that’s so much fun.