New Friends

Canaan and Chi have hit it off together. As I mentioned in my last post, they have enjoyed playing together and with each other’s toys! Though they are both at the age (2/3) where sharing and playing well together is still being learned, overall they are doing well! When we leave the house, Canaan always asks if we are either going to the playground, Chi’s house, or Auntie and David’s house! Speaking of Auntie and David, they packed for Ukraine, determined to be the most popular Aunt and Uncle around! They brought books, puzzles, toys, truck plates, sippee cups and more to make their home a place our kids wouldn’t want to leave! In addition, they brought a super cool Thomas the Train pop-up tent!! When they broke that out today, the kids were delighted as they climbed in and out of it and played together!

We have a nice playground that is just right around the block from our apartment. It looks very new. I have a few pictures of when Grand-Dad Kirt was here and he and Livia and David were all playing with Canaan on the playground. There are also some pictures of Canaan playing with Chi (Malachi Hindman- our teammates 3 year old son) that are taken in our living room, so you can see a bit of it that way until we get a video posted. They both like playing with trucks (Daddy too!) an they also had fun with the little closet. There are also some pictures of the choo-choo tent that is at Livia and David's and the fun they were having with it

On another note, Canaan is having to learn how to act around babies, which is a good thing since we will have our own new bundle in February. Silas, the Hindman’s youngest son, is about 9 months old. He crawls around and mainly watches the big boys play. However, the other day when Chi and Canaan were playing chase, he was blocking a doorway that Canaan wanted to get through. Not knowing what to do, Canaan took the toy train in his hand and hit Silas over the head. Mommy saw it and he immediately was taken to the bathroom for some discipline. Then, about 10 minutes later, he did it again! After another round in the bathroom with a talk about being gentle with babies, he started making wide circles to avoid going near Silas. This was not encouraging to me. On the way home, he told on himself to Daddy, “Hit baby choo-choo, No!” And later that evening he was reminded of it again, “No hit baby blue choo-choo.” This morning he again reiterated this to us. Today as we had church and fellowship with everyone, he did well, and there were no more hitting incidents! Hopefully he will learn how to be gentle and play more with Silas. We have already been praying that we will do well with Canaan, as he will have to adjust to a brother, as we welcome a new baby into the family, and we are keeping up with these prayers as the time draws nearer!