Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Skating and Oz
After dinner last night I suggested we go out for a walk. Pierce and Anna countered with a bike ride offer and Pierce suggested that I wear my rollerblades (he’d seen them in the basement). Unfortunately, this started Anna on an unfortunate chain of events that got her crying. She decided she wanted to skate too. She started running around the house in pretend skates (which worked ok), but when she saw me putting on rollerblades her demands for skates became strident. Now, Anna has never expressed a desire for skates before –so we had none to give her. But it didn’t matter, she wanted them NOW.
She got so carried away that Pierce and I had to go out by ourselves. Nora and she stayed at home and read books. Pierce and I weren’t out long –he had limited interest and the skates were killing my feet (I think I need new liners). When we got back I let Anna wear my skates and I pushed/lifted her around the house. That appeased her, but I was a sweaty mess. Lifting her and the skates was durn heavy. I really didn’t want her to get hurt. Its like she was wearing skies with wheels on the bottom they were so big. We’ve officially added skates to her “list of gifts she’d like to have” list.
After everyone got settled for the evening I put on the Wizard of Oz. It’s been a year or more since we’ve watched it and I don’t think Anna remembered it at all. One of my fondest childhood memories is watching the Wizard of Oz with my family (usually snuggling up against my Mom and Dad because I was scared of the Wizard). Our experience lived up to my expectations –everyone enjoyed it. Pierce really surprised me –on seeing some of the earlier scenes when Dorothy was in Oz he commented that it looked like most of the picture was not real. He had spotted where the sets ended and the backdrops began. I’m sure when I was 5 years old I wasn’t aware of sets and backdrops –amazing.
Anna was most fascinated by the Tin Woodsman (she calls him the gray man). She had a tendency to forget who Dorothy was (sometimes confusing her with the Wicked Witch). Anna watched most of the movie snuggled against me and espousing running commentary about what was going on (at least as she perceived it). Both Pierce and Anna were fascinated with the flying monkeys.
It was my turn to put Anna to bed and she was more than ready. As we were reading our bedtime stories she put her head against the crook of my arm and closed her eyes. Usually, after we turn the lights out, she’ll sit on my lap and we’ll talk about her day. This time she curled into a ball on my lap, put her head on my arm, and said “Dad, don’t move”. Then fell asleep.
-Eric (Dad)
She got so carried away that Pierce and I had to go out by ourselves. Nora and she stayed at home and read books. Pierce and I weren’t out long –he had limited interest and the skates were killing my feet (I think I need new liners). When we got back I let Anna wear my skates and I pushed/lifted her around the house. That appeased her, but I was a sweaty mess. Lifting her and the skates was durn heavy. I really didn’t want her to get hurt. Its like she was wearing skies with wheels on the bottom they were so big. We’ve officially added skates to her “list of gifts she’d like to have” list.
After everyone got settled for the evening I put on the Wizard of Oz. It’s been a year or more since we’ve watched it and I don’t think Anna remembered it at all. One of my fondest childhood memories is watching the Wizard of Oz with my family (usually snuggling up against my Mom and Dad because I was scared of the Wizard). Our experience lived up to my expectations –everyone enjoyed it. Pierce really surprised me –on seeing some of the earlier scenes when Dorothy was in Oz he commented that it looked like most of the picture was not real. He had spotted where the sets ended and the backdrops began. I’m sure when I was 5 years old I wasn’t aware of sets and backdrops –amazing.
Anna was most fascinated by the Tin Woodsman (she calls him the gray man). She had a tendency to forget who Dorothy was (sometimes confusing her with the Wicked Witch). Anna watched most of the movie snuggled against me and espousing running commentary about what was going on (at least as she perceived it). Both Pierce and Anna were fascinated with the flying monkeys.
It was my turn to put Anna to bed and she was more than ready. As we were reading our bedtime stories she put her head against the crook of my arm and closed her eyes. Usually, after we turn the lights out, she’ll sit on my lap and we’ll talk about her day. This time she curled into a ball on my lap, put her head on my arm, and said “Dad, don’t move”. Then fell asleep.
-Eric (Dad)
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