Kids of EB

[snickerd3]

so minisnick got his picture in the local paper this week. at daycare they got all dressed up for their thanksgiving meal (lunch). The caption on the photo was something along the lines of pilgrims and one little indian. Minisnick got to dress up as the one little indian. When I dropped him off at daycare this morning the owner asked if we saw the paper she had cut it out. I said yep we already had it. She said the reason Minisnick got to be the one little indian was because he was the only one she could trust with the stick (like a walking stick with fake paper feathers tied to the top)...he is only 3 and most trust worthy to not go stabbing/poking people with it.

 

[snickerd3]

yea!! another no cavity visit to the dentist for minisnick. They actually did a full mouth polishing this time....he did great. Thought it was so cool seeing the blue (from the toothpaste) in the suction tube thing.

If i could only get him that exicted about going to the dr.

 

[YMZ PE]

MiniYMZ is being bumped up a grade at preschool. The director just called and said she was off the charts in a recent evaluation. We're doing a trial run to see if she can handle it emotionally, but it'll be great to get her reading and writing before 3.

 

[kevo_55]

^^ Congrats! Is she potty trained?

 

[YMZ PE]

Thanks! Yes, she's been potty trained since 2.

 

[kevo_55]

Dang, she is a smartie!!

 

[Ble_PE]

Congrats, YMZ. It's always exciting seeing your kid do well.

 

[snickerd3]

Still trying to get minisnick to match his colors correctly. He can say them just fine...he just can't for the life of him tell you what color the item in your hand is....but give him a puzzle and he will have it solved lickedy split.

 

[MA_PE]

Still trying to get minisnick to match his colors correctly. He can say them just fine...he just can't for the life of him tell you what color the item in your hand is....but give him a puzzle and he will have it solved lickedy split.

Is there a chance he's color-blind?

 

[snickerd3]

Still trying to get minisnick to match his colors correctly. He can say them just fine...he just can't for the life of him tell you what color the item in your hand is....but give him a puzzle and he will have it solved lickedy split.

Is there a chance he's color-blind?

We've been thinking about that very thing, but there isn't anyone in the family that is and it is genetic from what I have read. I found some color blind online tests for toddlers that I was going to try this evening actually. He just could be that stubborn too.

 

[kevo_55]

^^ Don't feel too bad.

When I point to pictures of myself and asks who that is, mini-Kevo sometimes says "mommy."

I think she also might be messing with me.

 

[YMZ PE]

Still trying to get minisnick to match his colors correctly. He can say them just fine...he just can't for the life of him tell you what color the item in your hand is....but give him a puzzle and he will have it solved lickedy split.

It sounds like he has advanced spatial reasoning skills. That's a lot more useful than being able to identify colors.

 

[Flyer_PE]

Still trying to get minisnick to match his colors correctly. He can say them just fine...he just can't for the life of him tell you what color the item in your hand is....but give him a puzzle and he will have it solved lickedy split.

Is there a chance he's color-blind?

We've been thinking about that very thing, but there isn't anyone in the family that is and it is genetic from what I have read. I found some color blind online tests for toddlers that I was going to try this evening actually. He just could be that stubborn too.

The person to look at for him to have inherited color-blindness is your father. As it was explained to me, if you are color blind, odds are that you inherited the trait from your maternal grandfather. I know it's true in my case. (Red-Green color blind)

 

[snickerd3]

Found a variety of colorblind test pictures online. He can see the animals or shapes on all of them...so I feel a little better. They are having a vision screening at daycare later this month so I'm sure they will have something similar in person too.

 

[FLBuff PE]

Still trying to get minisnick to match his colors correctly. He can say them just fine...he just can't for the life of him tell you what color the item in your hand is....but give him a puzzle and he will have it solved lickedy split.

Is there a chance he's color-blind?

We've been thinking about that very thing, but there isn't anyone in the family that is and it is genetic from what I have read. I found some color blind online tests for toddlers that I was going to try this evening actually. He just could be that stubborn too.

The person to look at for him to have inherited color-blindness is your father. As it was explained to me, if you are color blind, odds are that you inherited the trait from your maternal grandfather. I know it's true in my case. (Red-Green color blind)

And they let you fly a plane?!

 

[Flyer_PE]

The only restriction I used to have was that I couldn't fly after dark or under color signal control. I found an eye doctor that specialized in vision issues for pilots that had every color test accepted by the FAA for the flight physical. From his exam and the ensuing paperwork from the FAA, I can see enough of the color spectrum to safely operate the aircraft after dark. Basically, all that is required is that I can distinguish between green, white, and red lights.

 

[FLBuff PE]

^I was just giving you $hit...I seem to remember that you explained this before.

 

[Flyer_PE]

^I know. My first inclination on the response was actually more on the order of: "I know, scary as hell ain't it."

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

My 7yr old son informed me last night that he intends on becoming a Mechanical Engineer so he can build cars. Namely, police cars. He intends on building police cars so they have all of the features as included within the Need For Speed video games we play together (ie Lamborghini's with EMP's and capable of dropping spike strips at 200mph).

This all came out because we were watching one of those police video shows on TruTV and during one particular car chase he asked where all of the super fast police cars were and why none of them are shooting the suspects car with EMP's or dropping spike strips. When I told him that the police cars don't do that in real life he just responded, "well, then I want to build cars that do when I grow up."

My son is awesome.

 

[snickerd3]

Thought for awhile last night I was going to have to go get xrays of my hand, compliments of minisnick and mr snick.

Mr snick grabed minisnick to throw him in the air to make him laugh...minisnick dropped the kindle he was holding when he reached about 6 ft in the air and said kindle came to a sharp stop, edge first, just under the knuckles on my right hand. holy fcow, the whole hand hurt for hours. I see a bruise starting to form this morning but it is fully functional for the most part today.