Blocks

These colorful blocks are a good size for ec to play with.  (I think they're Maxi Blocks.)  He has been building by himself more, perhaps because he has blocks at daycare, and I imagine he sees the other children playing with them.  It wasn't too long ago that he would just knock down any tower that I built.  Now he approaches slowly, carefully, smiling in glee,  before knocking it over.  I like the wheeled units; they can hook together making a train or be separate cars.  The blocks fit together quite easily, unlike most LEGO® bricks.

The other day I spread E's "I Spy" quilt on the floor helping ec notice the various pictures of fruit, children, animals, etc.  He soon dragged the big stuffed animals (horse, dog, bear) out of their corner and placed them on the quilt.  His sister likes to make a "raft" with a quilt or the Hawaiian fabric then furnish it with "food" and toys, so perhaps this was his interpretation of the raft.

I suppose his biggest accomplishment lately is moving one of the little chairs over to the bookcase unit then climbing up on it to reach the books.  We can no longer put things on the shelf assuming they are safe from his little hands!  He falls off the chair occasionally, but it doesn't seem to bother him too much.  In fact, he seems to fall a lot--he tries to run and trips, or he stumbles over a toy on the floor, or he changes direction too quickly.  I was not watching es when she was this age, so I did not see her climb or fall when learning to walk.  I wonder if he will be a movie stunt man when he grows up!