Comments for blog.limedaley.com/post/full-summer-pocket-notes

Comment #2998

2013-08-02T03:25:09Z

It was really great to see you and meet Jeremiah and I enjoyed reading about the rest of your summer! :) We miss you!

Comment #2997

2013-07-31T11:15:19Z

The trip to the children's museum was the first full day we were there. Noah had not yet earned any money. Nor, I think, did either he or Jon realize that he was going to earn any. (:

That's nice that the other parents let your kids ride. We just "ride" those without paying...

Comment #2996

2013-07-31T05:27:55Z

That's sweet about the fire calls. I love how children process their environment.

Couldn't Noah have bought his own robot ice cream with all the money he earned? It is impressive he chose to wait, though. Smart, too that in waiting he still got to see the robot in action. My kids get lots of rides on those dumb cars in the malls because other parents pay the 1 or 2 Francs and they can come along for the ride. . .

Thanks for the update! I admire your energy as a mother and that you let your kids explore at their own paces. That's not always as easy as it sounds!

Comment #2995

2013-07-29T17:51:29Z

I didn't mention it because I hadn't noticed that's what she was doing, either, until this morning.

She would say, "Back, Mom. Fire call." and then run off to her call. Then she'd come back, and say, "Back now. Whew! Tired." Sometimes I'd ask her how it was and she'd say it was fun, or that they'd put out the fire, or that it was a lot of work.

Comment #2994

2013-07-29T14:30:59Z

One thing that Heather didn't mention that I think is pretty cute is that Joy goes on "fire calls" a number of times a day. I hadn't realized what she was saying until the other day, and I asked her what she was doing, and she got quite bashful, but eventually said that yes, she was going on a fire call.

Comment #2993

2013-07-29T01:49:17Z

I was happy to hear that Noah passed the "marshmellow test", at least in theory (ie. he wasn't given the temptation of staring at the marshmellow for 15 minutes, though I suppose they did watch the robot serve ice cream for a while.

Comment #2992

2013-07-28T19:03:36Z

Nice long-awaited update, thanks! (I certainly see why you didn't have time to write before.)

How is it that Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is off the air and the far-inferior Sesame Street still going?

Janet and I were talking about the attention span idea just yesterday.

Noah's a good worker, for sure.

Good for once-so-shy Faith, and what a good way of putting it: it's okay to be sad for a while but don't let it spoil your fun.

Rolling and crawling! Go, Jeremiah!

Comment #2991

2013-07-28T12:48:38Z

Thanks for the update. Looking forward to seeing you all!

Comment #2990

2013-07-28T12:42:21Z

I might add that while we were in Maine, Dad, Noah, and I climbed Beehive (elev.520 ft)