Sunday, July 12, 2009

flowers

stefano looks out the window to see how big the flowers have grown.
he makes a sound of shock and delight.

3 comments:

ckoh71 said...

btw, did either of your kids go through really terrible 2s?

anthony's daughter karina is 2.5 and sometimes throws the worst tantrums i've ever seen. they try to be empathetic and reason with her - but honestly, i think it's impossible to reason with a 2 year old. how did you handle it aside from getting angry? is there a good way to be firm and set limits without being mean? i feel like karina sometimes just walks all over them. they're about to have another daughter & i think it's going to be a shock for karina. how did stefano handle the arrival of zander?

erik nebel said...

stefano went thru the terrible 3s.

his temper tantrums were outrageous.

i guess the main thing in dealing with a tantrum is to keep calm.(easier said than done.)

zander has never had a tantrum.

weird personality thing.

i can't remember that far back to say how stefano handled zander's arrival, it seems like 100 years ago.

i liked your stories about karina on your blog, she sounds like a hilarious handful.

ckoh71 said...

interesting that zander never had a tantrum. karina really loses her shit when certain things don't go her way. i'm pretty sure i was a handful as a baby & michelle has a temper dating back to her childhood as well - few people see it today. i just make fun of her when she gets mad these days.