children
October 2008 
Suggestions for Little Boy fun?
Posted on Jun 17th, 2008
by 
Halal the Giraffe
Halal the Giraffe
My son (2 1/3 years) and I have the next two days together uninterrupted, then I leave Saturday morning to be gone for a week. There are plenty of things we can do together, and we are pretty good at just being together as well. But, you know, this is a highly creative community and I'm wondering:
What have been some of your favorite activities with young children in the summertime? Moms? Dads? Teachers? Nannies? People who enjoy kids or like to remember their own childhoods?
This is a blog I've recently found with fun ideas in it. Maybe you know of others? I'm all eyes!
What have been some of your favorite activities with young children in the summertime? Moms? Dads? Teachers? Nannies? People who enjoy kids or like to remember their own childhoods?
This is a blog I've recently found with fun ideas in it. Maybe you know of others? I'm all eyes!
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My son was seriously into cars at age 2.5 and I took him to an area where there was a car carrier truck! He was thrilled. We also went to a nearby amusement park where he could ride in some little cars, and we found chocolate cars too.
Later, I found sheets and pillowcases for his big boy bed, with yep…cars and trucks on them!
I think I just would follow his lead. Later in life when he loved baseball, we went to the batting cages. And he loved history, so we went to civil war battlefields.
He was so easy, even at 2.5 he would enjoy going to restaurants and having juice with me and talking. We would tell stories and he would act them out.
There is noting llike a son! i still enjoy his company, but now he is 23 and a world traveler…but I think his imagination and love of the journey was set at 2.5 years old.
Enjoy whatever you decide to do!
Blessings,
Aley
i agree with aley… follow what he wants and what you want and you will have a delightful time! lots of time in the open air if possible
Kylin's definitely all boy. :-) Last week we went to ride the train at Stone Mountain, then the paddlewheel boat. He loves to see the 18-wheeler that brings the mail to our post office, and he talks about every vehicle that passes us by. His dad rides a motorcycle, so that's especially relevant to him.
Today we are headed to a small community airport that has a playground next it – can see the small planes take off and land. We did that a year ago, so I'm looking forward to comparing the pictures! We might also stop and see construction equipment along the way.
It's a delight to spend all day talking about what he's seeing as we go. He surprises me, as all children do their parents. Off to have a fun day! Best to you both, and thanks for commenting!
>> ”We might also stop and see construction equipment along the way.”'
I'm getting a wave of happy over here – just thinking about Kylin being happy about a bulldozer.
i remember my own son at that age - diggers were endlessly fascinating in all forms and sizes. how did it go, dear halal?
Thanks for asking, sweet Nicole. We had a lovely day. Went to the airport, played on the playground that sits right beside the runway, then had lunch with Dad very nearby. Went to a kid's consignment store on the way home in hopes of finding costumes – he's recently started asking to wear last year's Halloween costumes which are way too small now – then naptime. Woke him up from a deep sleep – always a problem there, someday I'll learn to follow his schedule instead of mine – watched the confusion and indecision and barking madness reign for half an hour, then went to the little community beach here. As SARK says, “when cranky, put them in water.”
This is apart from the point of the post, but related to yesterday: we've been saying forever when we buckle him or ourselves in that we're doing so to “keep him safe.” Just in the last week, he's picked up that language and started experimenting with it. First off, I love to watch that process. And second, I've been waiting for enough understanding to be in place in order to introduce the “safe place” in his bedroom. We've opened his closet to him, put in a bean bag chair and other pillows, plus a few comforting toys. The idea is to eventually use that as a space for him to calm himself down. Sort of the opposite of Time Out. Anyway, Dad had taken him in there Tuesday evening when he was freaking out about something, and when I finally remembered that as a tool, I went there with him yesterday after naptime. I don't know if it was that or he was just done being Crazy Little Man, but he calmed and started making decisions after that. I can't wait to watch this develop!
Now. What are we going to do today?? Have a beautiful day, friends!
wow! what wonderful parents you are. blessed boy!