Persistence

Andrew is persistent. A couple of weeks ago when he had a major tantrum. He had spilled cereal all over the floor and then refused to pick it up. He was mad that I insisted that he clean up the cereal so he started screaming. For 45 minutes. At some point he did clean up the mess but he was still ticked off so he kept on screaming. If he had the words, I think he would have been swearing. Instead, he settled for shrieking at the top of his voice. I finally booted him outside so he wouldn't wake up Dylan taking a nap. Once outside he eventually was distracted and started to play with Gina.

With ice skating, persistence is definitely an asset. I am amazed at how much Andrew likes ice skating. I try to get them to the rink early so that Andrew has time to practice before class. He gets out on the ice and slowly makes his way across. He tries to keep up with Gina but she is faster and steadier. He falls down quite a bit still, more than Gina ever did when she was first learning, but he easily gets up each time and tries again.


Here is a video of the kids skating, first Gina with Noemi and Julian having fun forming a train and then Andrew doing his thing.