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February 03, 2007
Running interference
In the spirit of Super Bowl Sunday, and my status as a fair-weather fan (go Bears!), I have a need for some kind of strategy....some defensive plan on how to make it through the day with a three-year-old with an insatiable appetite for activity and an eleven-month old taking 11 steps in a row, on the verge of running.
Seriously, I am in awe of the energy in our home. Elias is non-stop. Is there a stool? He's climbing it. A chair? He's on it. Stairs? Get out of my way. If we thought the days of putting Eli down for a minute and leaving the room were done, we didn't realize HOW done until now.
I've also got animal behavior on the brain. I started googling 'lions' because I wanted to look at the behavior of pack animals and how hierarchy is created and maintained. The more I watch Gus pounce on Eli, hug him, squeeze his cheeks and otherwise get all up in his space, the more I wonder about the biology of it all. It's like Gus can't help himself!
Posted by janna at February 3, 2007 11:46 PM
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Oh yah. We're getting it too. I have that anxious feeling that you get before you know that something is about to happen but you don't really know what it's going to look like/feel like/ be. Hazel is right at that stange where you can't take your eyes off of her for a second. Our brief window of being able to go to restaurants as a family is fast closing. Hazel is in constant motion. Constant motion.
Posted by: Christin at February 5, 2007 06:55 PM