Noah's New Motor Skill Game

He did really well. You're such a good daddy.

i'm going to make him a peg board thing soon. you know the one with round square and whatnot pegs and matching holes. should be fun

for both of you. :)

Babies do love putting things "in!" He did good!

What an awesome idea!!!!!!

I agree!

Putting coins in a piggy bank, or coffee can with a slit on top, is also a good idea. They will learn to turn the coins on their sides to fit them in there.

I thought of that too, but i will be buying some bigger object that is shaped like a coin, maybe a poker chip instead. Dont want him playing with something he could easily choke on. But i did have that idea while doing this as well lol. I even had the coins there from the other video, but decided against it.

You're absolutely RIGHT!!! For one thing, he knows he can eat the little goldfish, so what's to stop him from thinking he can eat the coin, because it's the same size? Maybe when he gets a bit older, and realizes what money is, it'll be a nice fine motor skill for him. When he gets to the point where he's not going to swallow coins, I reccomend one of those banks that has a different slot for each denomination (haven't seen one in years though!) and he puts each denomination in the right slot. Might teach him something about size, motor skills, and math all at once.

I had one of those!! although i got a .50 piece stuck in there and broke the whole thing...years later i tore it apart to get it out.

I think it had big bird on it...lol.

anyway, thanks for the trip down memory lane there lol.

and you're right, we are saving up a bunch of change for him now, he has an AWESOME stegosaurus piggy bank. that i am working on filling. As well as a savings account i put $5 a week in for his first car or whatever he decides at that time. if i keep it up it will be about $5000 by then, plenty for a first car!

What a great idea!!!! It's amazing how that annoying little handfull of spare change can grow into something useful.

The bank that I had was a brass one that had room for nickels, dimes, and quarters. Don't know why it didn't have pennies in it. That was about 20 years ago when Canada didn't even think of getting rid of the penny. Now they're talking about it, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen anytime soon.

Now with Loonies and Toonies up here, the banks need to get a bit bigger. Glad I could take you on a little stroll down memory lane. :) I'm sitting here listening to an oldies station, and it reminds me of my teenaged years, spending hours listening to my radio. LOL I'm too friggen OLD to be 30 (almost 31). haha

How big's the stegosaurus? That sounds so cool. I'd love to see a video! :)

i have been meaning to make video for it, but i only get time to make videos when the kid is sleeping or the star of them lol. And considering its in his room i always forget until hes asleep...eventually!

I have a few loonies myself, i even have a couple paper dollars from Canada. Which for an american who has never been there is odd. It's amazing how much Canadian money makes it into circulation down here in Michigan. Just today i found 4 pennies and one quarter laying around my house from Canada. I will make my first trip to Canada this year in the middle of my first marathon, I will cross the ambassador bridge and go back through the tunnel. speaking of which...i have to go get my enhanced drivers license! lol.

Canada stopped issuing $1 bills in 1987!! Those things are almost as old as YOU are!!!!! They stopped the $2 bill in 1996. In 1987 at 5 years old, I thought loonies were a novelty, so I saved every one I got. I also saved the tooth fairy money I got. I decided to spend it all when I went to Denmark. I had almost $200, and that amounted to about 750 Danish Kroner.

As for the money exchange, I'm sitting here laughing my head off right now. A lot of American money makes it up here too, mostly as change, but the odd single makes it into the tip jars around here. When I see one, I replace it with a Loonie, and put it in my "American wallet." Since I'm going to NYC next month, I'm collecting American money where I can find it, and that includes change. I've got about $11. haha I wonder what $11 will get me in NYC. haha Fear not, I have about $1,200 in the account I opened in AZ, and will add another $500 next month. If I can't live on $1,700 in NYC for three days, something is VERY WRONG WITH ME!!!!

from what i have heard of NYC (never been there) $11 might get you some coffee lol.

I remember showing my Canadian paper money to my 5th grade teacher (grade 5 in canadian lingo ;-P) who had just moved from canada and he said "hold onto that, not many canadians have those anymore) he was the coolest teacher i ever had...i have to look him up...

You should be fine with that much money though! but in vacation mode we all tend to spend more than we normally would. and like i said, i hear NYC can be expensive.

oh and in actually just learned whereabouts you live in Canada, i for some reason thought you were wayyyy more west than you are lol. We are actually somewhat (in a global perspective) close. I am about 50 miles due west of Detroit.

well a little north too, not much lol

OH, it's going to be expensive, epsecially since I'm staying at the Waldorf. $500 of that should go to accomodations. :) It's going to be awesome though, and believe me with pics, videos, and writing, it's going to pay for itself in Gather and other blog views. There's Gather, there's MyLot, I wonder where else I can peddle my pics! haha Whenever I buy a new device, or take a vacation, the first thing I ask myself is "how do I make this thing pay for itself?"

I think I know aproximately where you were. Last time I was in Deteroit was 2009 when I took a bus down there for a birthday party in Ohio. I met a friend of mine there, and she drove me the rest of the way. I've also been through Detroit in 99 on the way to Branson MO, and 96 on the wash to Nashville. My friend that met me at the terminal is in Flint.

As for me being waaaaay out West somewhere, keep in mind that when I first joined Gather, I lived in AZ....well sort of. haha Technically I've maintained this apartment for almost 11 years. However, when Walker and I met, we both started moving between here and AZ, depending on what the circumstances were.

My grandparents live about 10 miles out of flint so i know that area pretty well too.

I know what you mean about making a device pay for itself lol. that is half the reason i am justifying a tablet. So i can do SBTV while i run on the treadmill lol.

THAT is a good idea!!!!

I made a hysterically funny discovery last week. I love oldies, and found a really neat stream called fun45s.com You probably know a 45 RPM is a tiny little record common in most jukeboxes of the rock and roll era. LOL Anyway, I absolutely LOVE all of the music on this stream. However, they have about 8 hours of playlists, and then they repeat. I have an annoyingly good memory, and the "random" button is the best feature in the world. Needless to say, I now have the order of the songs on fun45s committed to memory!!! I'm thinking of opening a little booth at the mall, and taking bets on what the next song's going to be. I bet you $20 the next song up will be "my Girl" by The Temptations. Oh listen!! That's exactly what they're playing. PAY UP!!! :) My cousin's 4 year old is going to be impressed when I show her my new trick.

it's scary how good my memory is when it comes to music. I always know the next song on a playlist, even if its a mix cd we made years ago...not to mention memorizing every damn word to every damn song i like. so much of my brains capacity is wasted on music (well...wasted in some terms...i'm ok with it) that and video games....i could still walk you through a few games i havent played in over a decade.

or give you the cheat codes to Doom II ( a game i havent played in over 15 years)

god mode : I-D-D-Q-D
all guns and full ammo - I-D-K-F-A
Walk through walls I-D-S-P-O-S-P-O-P-D

If only i could remember useful things rather than cheat codes to 15 year old video games....

Are all those songs in English? The music that goes through my head is in a mix of languages. I could be walking down the street, and something in Serbian will start swirling around my head. What's really funny is hearing the song again, and all of a sudden two or three more words I actually understand will jump out at me!! haha

As for the video game cheat codes, I know Walker will be able to relate to those. LOL We'll be sitting here watching The Big Bang Theory or something, and Sheldon and the guys will reference an ancient video game, and he'll tell me where he was and what he was drinking, the last time he played it. :)

In all honesty, having all that music in my brain is what has kept me SANE all these years!! When I was a teenager all I wanted to do was listen to the radio. I made a lot of friends that way, and believe it or not, those old radio guys taught me a thing or two about high standards. Walker is a lot like my favourite one, who passed away 15 years ago. There's just something about those radio guys that I really liked.

Earlier this afternoon over a cup of coffee, listening to another radio show, I was thinking about the "useful things." Mom used to bug me about how far I'd go if I paid attention in school the way I did to my music, and other things that interested me. Hey, I may not be "normal" in the eyes of the rest of the world, but I do pretty damn well. There are a lot of people in the world who have a pretty big education, but who react irrationally to the world around them, and can't or won't accept challenges. It can be the worst day on Earth, and all I need to do is pull out my phone, tune into whatever music I feel like listening to at the time, and the rest of the world can go to Hell!!! :)

I think if i were back in school now i would do great...i suddenly have a thirst for learning like never before and i understand far better how i learn and whatnot. Also there is that whole i am married and settle down thing. I think the worst thing about highschool /college is that it comes at the peak (or maybe turning point is a better term) of our social and sexual lives as well. meaning math lessons get shoved to the side.

As for the music, i am only capable of speaking one language (so far) but a couple of the songs in my head are in Japanese...even if dont know what the hell they are saying...

You hit the nail right on the head about the turning points that we experience when we are in highschool. Circumstances forced me to grow up way toosoon. I remember thinking "OMG! These little kids [even though we were the same age] don't know a thing about relationships!" I'm sure it won't surprise you that Walker was my first real boyfriend. :) I watched my sister go through boyfriends faster than I could change underwear, and I just didn't see the point. Of course when she turned 16 she met Mr. Perfect. They married when she was 19 and he was 21, and 15 years laer, they're still on their honeymoon.

I wated so long in showing the world that I actually noticed guys, that my Dad thought there was something wrong with me. haha Now he gets on my case, and Walker tells him to respect his elders, while I present him with a list of platonic male references he can call. ROFLMAO I remember thinking "after my sister's boyfriend-de-jour act, he should be kissing the ground I walk on!!" HAHA The fact that I met Walker in Dad's basement was quite fitting.

I have learned more on the internet than I ever learned sitting in a class room. Anything I want to know, I ask my computer, or I ask my phone, and voila. FACTS! No teachers, no homework, no authority....

Whew! Almost 4 AM. These computers sure can make us lose track of the time. Looking forward to your next series of posts.

Goodnight.

Aw, great!

Thanks for posting to Point Taken. Have a great night!