Annie is a bit of a daredevil, to be fair she’s an all out loony with no regard for personal safety, but what 2.5 year old isn’t! She can turn any item or place into an arena for adventure and possible bruises or split lips. Her latest favourite game is to lay out a line of nappy bags and walk along them, with different obstacles or ways of traversing them, walking backwards, hopping or jumping.
Of course there were ‘out-takes’, I’m just glad none of them feature blood or ambulance men ;-)
It astounds me that she hasn’t had more serious injuries than a split lip and bumps and bruises because she goes all out in her quest for more daring things to do. She really has no fear and to be honest I encourage her, I’m way too reserved and I want Annie to feel like she can grab life by the horns and to have learnt through experience that even if she falls over she can simply get up and try again. I’m proud of my tiny stunt-kiddo!
I love the photo of her jumping! What a great adventure!!! Maddie just discovered playing with ramps. She found a long piece of wood outside and we’ve been building with it, she made a see-saw yesterday with it. Annie reminds me so much of Maddie, maybe because they’re so close in age. :)
the photos are great! Every child should be encouraged to be as daring as possible. The odd bump or bash is definitely worth it to make sure they don’t grow up with a fear of ever taking a risk. If only my two wouldn’t extend that theory to water that they can’t touch the bottom in! but i wouldn’t have them any other way.
I think it’s important that the kids learn not to be scared of trying new things and to be able to make ordinary, everyday objects into something fun, nappy bag assault courses, wooden plank seesaws etc. It won’t be too long before they’re grown up and I won’t be able to shield them from people who tell them that they can’t achieve anything they set their mind to.