We finally had a nice weekend (weather wise) here in the 'Burgh. As soon as Lucas and I got home on Friday we were outside. I put his water shoes on, a swim diaper, filled up his pool and let the good times roll. He loved it-he was splashing, transferring his pool water to other buckets. No harm there right?
Sunday we had planned to plant my garden-FINALLY! I headed out before the boys. The goal was to try and keep Lucas occupied enough so that I could plant the veggies and Marc could plan the flowers. Ha! How soon I forget that Lucas is a very active 20 month old. I just had Marc put his swim shoes on again but we left his PJs on-he was just going to get dirty anyway, why change his clothes three times? Lucas was very interested in the trowels-he is in a shovel stage right now so why not? He was pretty good for the most part-was very interested in the dirt. Once I got the tarps down, I didn't care if he walked on them. He even helped me plan some squash. And then the fun began. I was watering the garden after I was done planting-Lucas decided to venture into the tarp area again. I thought he was just going to walk on them and turn around. Oh no, that wouldn't be as fun. He decided to have a seat-in a puddle. I have to admit it was pretty cute! He didn't seem bothered at all by the wet bottom he had. He just looked around like, what next Mom? We finally got him out of the area only to have him move to the next section and do it again.
Lucas loves to be outside and Marc and I come at it from different view points. I say that he needs to be outside. There is nothing wrong with it-it is good for him! So he doesn't stay put in one place? How many 20 month olds do? So we follow him around or do our best to make the area safe. Big Deal. Marc hates chasing him, doesn't like that he likes to push the limits a bit (like trying to go up his slide instead of down or wanting to stand on the top of his sandbox). That is what kids do, what healthy, growing kids do. We grew up outside. We hated to be inside. Even today, when we are at my parents, we are always outside-on the deck, in the backyard. It is normal and fun. We are able to keep an eye on the kids and dogs.
Marc gets frustrated because Lucas always wants to go outside. He doesn't agree with me that by letting Lucas go out, he will get used to limits. That maybe we need to let him run around for more than 15 minutes to get his fix.
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I totally agree! JT was outside ALL weekend long. It's so funny that he always cries to go outside, never to come in. He actually chants "outside, bike. outside, bike. outside, pway(play). outside, pway."
We do our yard work during his naps because we spend all our time with him setting the boundaries and keeping him safe. If you don't teach him, he'll never know.
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