Random cute grandbaby pictures

[dreamshark]

Lena at 18 months, still bald, still adorable. We're flying out there next week for a visit. Can hardly wait. I keep ordering new toys and shipping them out ahead of our visit. All of them are things that require assembly, which will give us some fun activities to do together. Lena doesn't really care about toys all that much, but she loves putting things together. Since they were having a heat wave when the water table arrived, we all assembled it together during last Sunday's Skype session. That was really fun to watch. Lena's only speaking in single words, but clearly understands directions as complex as "No, honey, that piece is upside down.Turn it the other way." It proved to be a lot of fun to play with even inside (with no water). She especially enjoyed running the little balls down the big central spiral. But once water was added, all she really wanted to do was SPLASH. And try to figure out how to scoop up water in a big cup and then turn it upside down to pour it out. Harder than it sounds. The order of the steps matters more than you might think.

Comments

[quadong.livejournal.com]

"The order of the steps matters more than you might think."

Yes! Watching babies do things makes you very aware of how complicated "simple" tasks are. Sort of like programming a computer to do something simple.

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

Exactly! In this case, she kept pushing the red cup down into the water upside down and watching water bubble up through some tiny holes in the bottom. Then she would lift it straight up and move it over to the funnel she was trying to pour into.

But somehow there was no water in the cup. This obviously perplexed her because she could see and feel that there was water in the cup when she was pushing it down into the water table.

Then she tried turning the cup over after taking it out of the water. Still empty. She had all the right moves, just didn't apply them at the right time.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

She's terrific.

K.

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

Love the hat look!