I’m trying to get in the habit of reading to Tyler before he goes to bed. I’m clearly a professional story teller as you can see.
Month: October 2009
SF Nike Women’s Marathon
We went to the city last night to pick up our marathon gear. I carried a pink (OK it has some red tones to it) bag which had “Run Like a Girl” through the city and BART. Even though it was a pink bag I felt so athletic. I mean I’m sure people looked at me and said “obviously he is an athlete ready to run a marathon”…I could see them saying that…I could. Not to mention I posed in front of a women’s marathon race tent (yes this is me posing). Even though we are walking the marathon I have a feeling I’m still going to be feeling it Monday morning. The “race” starts at 7am tomorrow so I’m readying myself by blogging and drinking coffee this morning. Game on marathon…game on.
No Hitting!
My son Tyler has started hitting and I think there are different ways to address the problem which is why I am writing this blog post. Some say spank, some say to tell him no, some may hit back and some say to give him a hug. My way of addressing it is to not react to it and then if the behavior continues to address it by stating “no hitting please, use your words” (God bless Nanny 911). My concern is if you constantly react to him hitting he will learn hitting gets your attention which is negative reinforcement. He is hitting because something isn’t going his way, he can’t express how he feels so he gets frustrated and hits, or he isn’t getting the attention he wants.
When people say “don’t hit daddy, hug daddy” that doesn’t accomplish much in my opinion because he didn’t want to hug in the first place, he wanted something else. By saying no hitting every time he hits, I would be negatively reinforcing the action which doesn’t help him address what he wanted in the first place. My method is to acknowledge the fact that he is frustrated, acknowledge I want to help, and finally tell him his reaction wasn’t appropriate but I still love him (which is where the hug could come in). I don’t believe in spanking so don’t even recommend that. What do you think is the best way to handle hitting?
A Serious Man
This movie looks dark but yet intriguing.
Leo Laporte Rakes In $1.5 Million A Year Podcasting
OK this is a great video of Leo Laporte talking about his career but unfortunately the quality is terrible since it was recorded using a live feed. If anyone knows of a higher quality version let me know. It is still very watchable and I highly recommend it.
Tyler at Super Franks
We took Tyler to Super Franks after he woke up from his nap yesterday. Super Franks is a huge play place for kids and it took him a little while to warm up but once he did Tyler loved it. We took him miniature golfing which was complete cauas with all of the kids running around but it was still fun. The entire course is done in the dark so everything glows. They let the kids (and ah hew…adults) put this florescent paint on their faces so it glows in the dark.
Tyler Halloween DVD Reaction
Tyler got a Halloween DVD from my parents. The first minute or so of this video is pretty funny because I put it on and there was a scary part at the beginning which makes him run out of the room. Frankly, I don’t blame him.
Tyler’s Second Haircut
Tyler got his second haircut yesterday and it was my first time being able to take him which was fun. He didn’t want to sit in the airplane or Thomas the Tank seat so he instead opted for me to hold him while we watched Peter Pan. As you can see in the video he didn’t want to take his sunglasses off so they let him keep them on which was really nice of them. They have genius marketing because they combined a toy store and kids haircut place in one 2000 square foot area. We then went to Panama Bay Coffee and got Witches Brew coffee which I have to say is one of the best cups of coffee I’ve ever had. Tyler got a milkshake and was finishing up his lollipop from getting a successful haircut. He got to do some more fun things later yesterday afternoon but one can only put so much in one post!
What You Can Accomplish
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – HS Truman
CMMA Dinner
Had a fun time at the President’s Dinner tonight at 7,910 feet. We took a gondola right up to the top of the mountain where they have a lodge for the dinner. Here is a picture of some of us before dinner. I’m coming home to California tomorrow!
