A quiet day today. I spent some time working in the morning, while Leanne took Andres and Nicol out to the front porch of the hotel to play with the other kids.
I did bring my camera out for a while to take some photos though.
Andres spent quite a bit of time in the afternoon playing with some cousins who were visiting – they are related somehow to one of the staff members here, never did quite work out who and how. Once again, he proves that language is no barrier to playing successfully together, he had a great time with them!
Late in the afternoon, Leanne to Andres and Nicol for a walk down to see the River Cats, while I did some more work. Still trying to catch up a bit with all the outings we’ve had in the past couple of weeks – plus the power outage yesterday.
Does Nicol usually sleep on her tummy? Lovely photos and blog.
I think she sleeps on her side more frequently, but sometimes on her tummy. When I put her down in the cot, I’ve found that she is a lot happier if I put her down on her side rather than on her back – she grizzles if you do that.
Notice also Nicol does not have the fingers in her mouth when asleep.
Lovely photos, but I think it’s the kids and not the camera that makes them so good.
When you write “we also get to use it as leverage to encourage cooperation from him” I read this as “we get to bribe him” and I love it.
Unfortunately it is usually less of a bribe “If you do the right thing, you can watch your shows on the computer” … and more of a threat … “If you don’t cooperate right now, there will be no computer at all tomorrow”. It’s because he starts with the assumption that he can use it.
We do, however, sometimes get to use treats like icecream or milkshakes as bribes – works well on 3 year olds.