Today I offered John that he could color in some print-outs of the letters spelling his name. I figured he'd just scribble wildly all over the page. He doesn't yet understand "coloring something in." I was
so surprised to see that John spontaneously traced the inside the letters, in a manner of speaking.
Then John got to practice cutting, which is a favorite activity. He concentrates so hard: he either purses his lips or he opens them wide like a lady putting on mascara.
Where was Mary all the while? Sleeping on Mama's back!
In the late afternoon I took the kids for a walk in our new tandem stroller! I bought one months ago and ended up returning it because I didn't like some of the features. All this time I've continued to look in the market. Today I was buying diapers when I discovered a floor model on major clearance because the new model had arrived in: nothing had changed with the new model but the color! I think I found a real winner. This is a beast of a stroller, but I don't use a tandem stroller in the car, out and about. I just carry an umbrella stroller and use it rarely. The tandem stroller will be for walks in the neighborhood. It accommodates such a long stride that someone six feet tall would have room to spare. The wheels swivel. Steering is so easy that I was walking through the neighborhood, steering with one hand, talking on my cell phone with the other. The seats move into all positions: each forward-facing, each rear-facing, and facing each other, plus they each recline. I think this will serve these and future kids (God willing!) well!
Then John got to practice cutting, which is a favorite activity. He concentrates so hard: he either purses his lips or he opens them wide like a lady putting on mascara.
Where was Mary all the while? Sleeping on Mama's back!
In the late afternoon I took the kids for a walk in our new tandem stroller! I bought one months ago and ended up returning it because I didn't like some of the features. All this time I've continued to look in the market. Today I was buying diapers when I discovered a floor model on major clearance because the new model had arrived in: nothing had changed with the new model but the color! I think I found a real winner. This is a beast of a stroller, but I don't use a tandem stroller in the car, out and about. I just carry an umbrella stroller and use it rarely. The tandem stroller will be for walks in the neighborhood. It accommodates such a long stride that someone six feet tall would have room to spare. The wheels swivel. Steering is so easy that I was walking through the neighborhood, steering with one hand, talking on my cell phone with the other. The seats move into all positions: each forward-facing, each rear-facing, and facing each other, plus they each recline. I think this will serve these and future kids (God willing!) well!
I love this stroller! What is the brand? We are in the market for a new double as I HATE mine.
ReplyDeleteOh and stop posting those videos! LOL! I can't help playing them and my kids LOVE them! And now I have to play them again and again, LOL! ;-)
Hi Kori! It is a Kolcraft Contours Tandem. I'm really liking it so far. It's a beast though, not one you would want if you haul it around in the car to use while shopping. (Although, it turns on a dime and I can swivel it all around aisles and everything!)
ReplyDeleteHa ha about the videos! I know, John won't stop begging for them.
Oh my! That is the stroller I bought and returned at this time last year! I hope you have better luck with it. My boys are very tall and DS1 was a tight squeeze last year at two that I knew by this summer at three he wouldn't have any room at all. I still do like that the children can face each other, forward, backward, etc. At times I could really use that even though I've basically abandoned my double stroller for a single Graco umbrella.
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