A brief Eaglet update

[larryhammer]

Achievement unlocked: tying shoelaces.

(They claimed this morning they've reached level 2 ka-ching! -- which is also knowing a double knot.)

This is something they deliberately challenged themselves to learn -- they chose to get laces shoes during the latest equipment upgrade* in order to force figuring it out.


* We're at the OMG-need-new-shoes-every-three-months stage of growth, eep.

---L.

Comments

[oracne]

WOO!!!!!

[larryhammer]

Whee!

[cmcmck]

Huzzah! :o)

[larryhammer]

Getting ready for school should start getting just a little easier (if not, in the short term, quicker).

[cmcmck]

Having had to teach a few kids the ropes (or the laces) when they came into class, well done the eaglet! :o)

[sartorias]

That is a big step!

[thawrecka]

Aw, that's cute!

[larryhammer]

One that enables bigger steps!

[larryhammer]

:-)

[mrissa]

Oh well done!

[asakiyume]

Marvelous, especially the self-challenge :-)

[larryhammer]

:points to icon:

[larryhammer]

Indeed. Eaglet has often pushed on self-learning, in selective ways.

[thistleingrey]

Yes, the self-challenge seems to me the bigger step. Worth saluting!

[larryhammer]

It is -- and it's a trait that's been there since we met them: as a toddler, they would seek out rough terrain challenging to new balance, right up to the edge of Nope Can't Do That. Ditto playground structures, as they aged up into types of climbers. They have, over they years, asked us to quiz them on the alphabet, giving addition and subtraction problems, and recently stretching on multiplication, all as prods to learning (rather than ways of showing off acquired knowledge, which they do differently). It's great fun to watch.

[thistleingrey]

That is extremely cool, and rare IME. May it continue to serve them well!

[sunlit_stone]

Ooh, awesome! Congratulations :)

And ha--I remember my grandmother teaching me how to tie my shoes, and telling me that you wound about twice "if you wanted to be fancy." Leaving me for years with the impression that how many times you wound the string ariund the knit was a crucial part of formal wear :P

[larryhammer]

Hee!

[branna]

Wow. The Kitten has shown zero interest in this particular skill. On the other hand, she's shown great interest in building Rube Goldberg-style "traps." Fortunately for her poor parents, these traps have so far been confined mostly to her room.

Also, in AZ through Fri morning if you guys wanted to do dinner or breakfast or coffee...?

[larryhammer]

Snrk. We've been playing a lot of Oh No The Floor Is Lava!.

Want, yes, but not able -- I've been down sick for the count, and Eaglet and Janni have been fighting it off too. Next time?

[branna]

I wish you a speedy recovery!

And yes, next time!