The Northfield Rambler

Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Walter ran out of the bathroom announcing that he needed something.
"What does he want?"  I ask Henry as I clip his toenails.
"His Baby vroom vroom."
"Oh," I say.  "Do you understand him?"
"Yes," Henry replies.
"How is it that you understand him?"  I ask Henry.
"I don't quite know."

Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Henry is the coolest big brother.  He was looking at a book today with Walt and pointing things out to him, and as he did, Walt would respond accordingly with "Oh, yes", and other reciprocal replies.  Henry pointed to a boy in a picture and announced that he was once a baby, but then grew into a "Berber" - which is Walter's name for his brother Henry. 

I just think that's so cool.  I remember when Walt first called Henry "Berber" and Henry was not too sure about that name, but then embraced it finally announcing that he is Berber.

Sunday, June 03, 2012

Hide and Seek with Walter

Walter and Henry love to play hide and seek, and Walt gets the gist, but sort of gets lost in the details...
When it's turn to count, he stands still and covers his eyes, and says, "Doh-e, doh-e, doh-e, doh-e..."
Then, when it's his turn to hide he does one of two things:  he goes to another room and stands in plain sight, then scares you when you find him, or, he follows the seeker.  This annoys Henry, who yells over his shoulder for Walt to play right and hide, and tries to seek him out anyway - which is amusing as Walt follows him around. 

Walt follows one main rule while playing:  always hide in the same place. 
And, a favorite hiding pose is to hide by covering his head, while the rest of his body is exposed.

The other day, Daddy hid and didn't divulge his hiding spot after being called and called by the boys.  Then, he burst out of his spot with a roar, and Walter did a little dance, stopped, and did another dance, and probably peed himself a little, and wound up crying hysterically out of fear and surprise. 


 

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