This is actually from earlier today - we took Noa on a walk around the neighborhood (with her actually walking the whole way). The goal was actually a spring fair that was happening at the public school near us - on 32nd between 2nd and 3rd Aves). When we got there we discovered it was sponsored by a group that was raising money for kids with Cancer and Special Needs. Now I'll say up front we didn't expect to find anything at the this fair of interest to Noa - we very rarely do - but walking around in the midst of people in a happy spirit is nice and makes her feel a part of something. But I have to say that considering the purpose of this particular fair, it was disappointing that they had NOTHING for kids with disabilities, and they were charging $5 a pop just to go in and walk around. Honestly, how hard is it to include kids who can't run and jump? Is there something for a kid for whom face painting has no meaning? It's not that hard. A box of sand would work! Okay - anyway -
We decided instead to just keep walking. Noa was really digging the walking, so we continued to 3rd Ave and just decided to walk around the block and back to the swings at our own building. At some point (because Noa really pulls on Mommy's shoulders when we walk this way) we tried having her put one hand in each of our pockets - and she did it. She walked like this for a block and did great!
The video above is actually from after we went on the swing and we tried it again walking back to the building. I did the best I could filming it while walking with her - but if you look closely you can see her hand is in Ben's pocket.
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