The V-Tech Sit-to-Stand Walker that their Aunt Gina gave them has been their favorite toy thus far. We've tried "Take a number", First come First Served, Timeshare....everything, but it still has two drivers everywhere it goes! Sure, we could buy another one...but it has almost become too much fun to watch that thing move around the room under the direction of two drivers...amazing what a two twinpower motor will do :-) I'm sure that Taryn, our little analyzer, thought up the plan, having carefully mapped out the structural integrity of the VTech walker as well as it's max load capacity...and then let E-Man be the actuator. So now, it's not only their favorite TOY, it's Evan's favorite TOOL. To him, it's the V-Tech Sit-to-Stand-to-Climb Portable Ladder. Our little man has taken to rolling that thing up to Dad's Lazy-Boy recliner, the sofa, the ottoman and any other scalable structure in the living room and begins his ascent. The piano keys at the bottom of the ladder don't offer much help, but he's mastered utilization of the barn door and the cog wheels to know be able to get up into Dad's lounge and kick back a little bit himself. His first attempts were with the huge box that holds the Water Table they got for their Birthday...while he could "Man-up" and move that big 'ol box around, he decided to work smarter not harder and use his VTech to provide the necessary assistance.
We've been able to guess good enough right now to keep him from going over the edge...maybe our game-show luck will continue. It's just funny to see how he's added a new "trick" to his repertoire. So now he's pushing everything from one side of the room to the other like he run a moving company and then climbing up intriguing structures when he feels like a challenge. All the while, SweetPea just watches and watches...keeping a good eye on her younger brother. Oh, and it's a good thing she walks so exceptionally good because she spends a third of her time in the play area dodging Evan who zooms by pushing his ATV, the VTech, her shopping cart, the beanbag chair, or whatever other movable item he can find...sometimes in sheer innocence...but sometimes, if you watch real close, with that "I'm gonna get my sister" wry little smile, grinding of the teeth, and squinting of the eyes :-)
.....ah yes, it's climbing time in the Tuttle house!
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