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- April
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We got back to our apartment yesterday afternoon following the longest trip away for our toddler, a five-day trip out of state to my parents’ house.
While there he went on several adventures and got to know his 6-month-old cousin. He climbed stairs which he doesn’t have at home. He grabbed a broom every chance he got and swept the kitchen floor – although it confused him a bit because it had a sponge on one side and a brush on the other. He scavenged under a glass table, bumping his head most times he emerged. And he leaned against the living-room window for peeks outside – with a relatively boring view considering the suburban block my parents live on can’t offer the Manhattan taxicabs, buses, firetrucks, and delivery men on bikes he’s used to.
He woke up so early Friday that it was still dark outside. When he couldn’t see anything beyond one window, he ambled over a few feet to look behind the next shade. Nope, same view of the dark.
We brought along his favorite toys and books. But he didn’t have his little kitchen, or his toy chest or his regular high chair or the neighbor kids playing in the hallway.
So when the long drive ended and we walked back into the apartment, my 16-month-old had one plan: he walked straight over to his little blue chair, folded himself over the arm and buried his face in the seat.
Today, he’ll probably have a play date with his favorite Swiffer broom.
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on Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 10:08 am by Jon Bandler.
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