Monday 14 January 2008

Sahota Visit

After Evelyn's party, we did a bit of shopping, then went to the Sahota's for supper.

Ethan and Lillian-Ruth played so well together. They are at almost the same developmental stage now (until Ethan decides to walk) and they have been interacting more each time we visit. I have been impressed by how gentle Ethan is with Lillian.

At one point, I saw him heading over to her car seat. He pulled out her blanket and gave it a hug. While cuddling her blanket, Ethan looked over at Lillian, then, he started crawling toward her, towing the blanket behind him. He got a little distracted for a moment, then continued on to bring Lillian her blanket. He even tried to cover her with it! The best part is that I got it all on film! It was SO CUTE!

As soon as he had covered her, Ethan backed away. It was almost like he was saying 'I can be caring and gentle and thoughtful, but only for a moment, then I have to do my Manly-Boy things again'. It was precious!

While Ethan and Lillian were playing so nicely, Casey and Evelyn were getting into mischief. Not good. Their track record for playing unsupervised is not impressive. They play well together, but they get into mischief each time. Here are some highlights of our past visits:

Evelyn dumps Casey's humidifier water all over the floor of his room.

The two of them decide to colour Shane's crown molding (that is on the floor of the utility room) with blue marker.

They snacked on the Sahota's borders yoghurt, and took a few bites out of his apples...

They had a tea party in Casey's room that ended with water all over the floor (we are still unsure of the origin of that water...)

And finally, on this most recent visit, they dumped all the fish food into the tank, and I think they tried to catch or pet the fish too. They were soaked, and the fish could have died. Shane and Ryan spent a couple hours cleaning the tank and the rocks at the bottom. You'll have to check out the "Sahota Fam" blog for an update on the fate of the fish.

Ryan and I had a good chat with Evelyn about how naughty it was to put all that food in the tank. When I told her the fish might die, her expression changed, and I think she really understood the gravity of the situation. We talked about "A Fish Out of Water" and how Otto could only have a little food or he would get sick. She understands what dead means. I have talked to her about it when we've seen dead animals on the side of the road (a vole and a skunk). She apologized and offered to help fix the fish tank.

A little later, we told her to go and play with Casey again. She replied "I can't play with Casey because I get into trouble" So, from there Ryan told her to always check with an adult first, if there is something she is not sure she is allowed to do. If she takes that lesson to heart, we may have some uneventful visits with the Sahota family in the future!



I just overheard this conversation between Ryan and Evelyn as he tucked her in tonight:
Ryan: "Who are your friends?"
Evelyn: "D"
"Oh! Is D your Boyfriend?"
"Mmm Hmm!"
"Are you going to marry him one day?"
"Yah!"
"Is Casey your boyfriend too?"
"Yah!"
"Are you going to marry him one day too?"
"Mmm Hmm! Yah!"
"I don't know how well that will work out honey!"

Watch out boys, she's two-timing you!
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great videos Bev!!!!! They are growing up soooooo fast. Time to come back to the island!!!! Miss you all.
Dawne

14 January 2008 at 22:36
Annie said...

LOL! D say's he's never getting married. Girls=yucky!
Very cute of Ethan to hand over L's blanket to her!! It's so interesting to see that he recognized the blanket- cuddled it, then realized that it was lillians and wanted her to feel the same comfort that he did with it. Or something!
Those 2 (C and E) are quite the pair! A regular bunch of monkeys! haha!

16 January 2008 at 16:56
Ruth said...

I have a feeling that Evelyn is right. She'll be in some sort of trouble around Casey-man. The imagination and innovation are on full blast! haha :D

16 January 2008 at 23:07
A Place of springs said...

Your list of things the kids have done made me laugh! You have a good memorie. I forgot half of them.

Update on fish- 1 died...yaaaay!

17 January 2008 at 21:33

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