Pool Party and Master of the House

This weekend was very calm and fun for Baltazar.

We had a pool party with the band friends.

I took all his pool equipment, which is not small, ready for an afternoon of swimming! 

- But Balthazar did not feel very happy with the water on Saturday. 

After everyone left the pool he started to show a little bit of  interest in the "AGUA"(water). When suddenly, jump into the water and began to sink! I took him out of the pool very quickly (I was very close) and he to started yelling and cry .. He was shocked .. our whole  water therapy approach was ruined in a second.

It is ok, we'll going to try again the next time.

Lunch time!

Mama, do not embarrass me please.

Rehearsing for the musical presentation

At the end we had a very nice time with the friends...

Sunday - Baltazar took possession of the house in the park!

This weekend Baltazar didn't have a tantrum, but the life of a child is not easy, as it is now is experiencing the egocentrism. 
He took possession of the house of the park and did not let anyone in! So we had to go every 1 minute and explain him that he had to share and be nice with the new friends...all good for a while until a boy tried to enter and Baltazar crushed his foot with the door! ohh nooo! The child began to cry and cry his father picked him up and look us with the face of: your naughty son hit my poor child. 
  
Some parents behave like childrens.

Clearly he is going through a stage where he is realizing that not everything is the same thing, is more aware of himself, therefore believed that he is the center of the universe, and all that entails.
As a new mothers sometimes we feel bad for these events and often think oh no! my son IS GOING to be a naughty boy, but it's good to remember that they are just stages and is better don't create a myth of them so we don't influence in the development of their being. 

Let the children go through their stages free, with each stage that the child dominates, a new stage begins. So pacience..

I'm actually really enjoying paying attention to each progress and development that he has.

I like this photo playing with noodles..heheh

xx

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A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.

This has been my face the last two weeks...

His own space...

Here Baltazar spends the most of the time when is at home...
The room is more like a base at this stage, he knows that is his room... but we use it more to change him, get dress and sleep him. (I Still I have to making sleep, but I love it..:)
I really like how is it ending his room, many of the thing that you can see have been gave us to us as a presents from very nice people, like the green old couch, a very good colombian friends gave it to us, the shelf a very nice neighbors that we had, the cot! a very good friend and colleague!, the goodnight wishes flags, my good Chilean friend made it special for Baltazar. So the room is made it with love of many people, that why we Iike! ...and becouse I didn't  have  to spend too much money in have a beautiful room for him.

The other space that we use a lot is  the living room and the kitchen area.
He has his own space with his favourite toys. 
Something that I found very usefull is keep the toys very very orderly, so he can easily identify each toy. So I bought a small shelf, previously the toys were backed in the wall, but looked a little bit messy and he didn't use the toys too much, now loves his shelf and when he ends of play he returns it and puts them in order.
The other thing is they do not need many toys, many time he finish playing with the kitchen utensils. Just  few good toys are enough.
I try to buy toys that can help him with his development and his motor skills. I often go to the second hand market and I find very good wooden toys very cheap.
You can check in different Montessori's pages which cain of toys are good for the age of your kid. That is what I do...
As we are talking of Montessori I found this very cool blog How we Montessori, you can read the experience of a mother which is very into Montessori teaching, and found very good ideas and links, very inspirational.

Well that it is for now...
xx

Weekend of ups and downs

This weekend was with ups and downs because Baltazar is at a stage where tantrums are daily bread ... and his peak ,I think, and I hope! was this weekend.

Being here, alone without family, is not easy find an opportunity to escape easily, recover and continue ... so often our stress can be  very high ...

But Baltazar is so lovely, friendly and makes us laugh out loud... thats quickly makes us forget a bad time.

Nothing to do, is a stage and we have to be patient ... he is teething, he wants to express himself and he doesn't know how to do it, Spanish, English, maybe hungry, maybe cold, maybe hot... etc.

So we try to continue with  our normal life in the best way that we can.

So here some photos of our weekend.

I didn`t upload a tantrum photo, nothing exciting to see...haha

 maximum relaxation, at least for 13 seconds

mmm I am not sure about it...

and this ones? are friendly?

oooo mum! it's eating my cookie!

This was fun!

Wowww this is fun!

xx

A good snack

I found this surfing internet, it seems to me very practical and healthy for the little ones.
Simple:
Puffed rice or Puffed Corn
&
any kind of dried fruit.

Baltazar love it...

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A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.

It doesn't taste too nice the grass

An awesome weekend for Baltazar

Everything started with the sushi!

Then we crossed to the city!

The classic family picture

we went shopping to K´road...supposedly...Baltazar had more fun with the chair.

He love that chair! ahhaha

At the end of the day he was so so tired...the same as us but we didn't have a comfortable pram

SATURDAY!

We found a very cool playground

With his friend Fabian 

It was a very fun weekend...we had a wonderful time! Therefore we are in the red numbers! hahhaa

Today Sunday night we are exhausted and tomorrow another week of work!!!

xx