Our baby is on the way. :D :D :D :D :D
Expected to be born the end of July.
He/she was last week already 4,4mm tall and had a clean heartbeat. 8)
: zaqrack December 06, 2008, 07:58:33 +01:00
Our baby is on the way. :D :D :D :D :D
Expected to be born the end of July.
He/she was last week already 4,4mm tall and had a clean heartbeat. 8)
Congratulations! Baby boom in Stunts community - who will be the next? :D
This is such big news! I will say congratulations when the baby is born, but I really hope all goes well, and I would really love to meet Zak(ina) junior.
A joyful pregnancy-period to both of you!
Thanks! I'm sure you'd really love to meet him/her, especially because if we'll have a boy most likely we'll call him Jákob :)
Oh how wonderful!! :)
Okay embryo, you better have a Y-chromosome!
I'm really happy for you and Andi. But there's still a long way to go, still only a small embryo.
Congrats Zak! Great news!! Call him Alan or her Helen/Cherry :D
Congrats mate! Babys are coming in a row, who will follow?
: BonzaiJoe December 07, 2008, 12:30:53 +01:00
Oh how wonderful!! :)
Okay embryo, you better have a Y-chromosome!
If he doesn't, it's all Zacky's fault!
WAUUUUUW! Congratulations :) I am SO happy for you. I hope it will be 9 lovely months...and I'm sure you'll be the best parents the little boy or girl could ever wish for!
Wonderful news Zak, all of best to you three! :)
Congratulations from me too, Zak! :)
Felicitaciones, Zak, por tan buena noticia...!!!
Whohooo, Zak, all the best for you and the becoming mother! :)
A new Stunts generation is at the start, I guess!
Congrats. Rest well now, once baby is born, you'll need to be ready for (long) bad sleeping period with baby wanting to eat each 2 or 3 hours in the middle of the night. :D
: Chulk: BonzaiJoeOkay embryo, you better have a Y-chromosome!
If he doesn't, it's all Zacky's fault!
lol, sure !
: Krys TOFF December 08, 2008, 03:23:56 +01:00
you'll need to be ready for (long) bad sleeping period with baby wanting to eat each 2 or 3 hours in the middle of the night. :D
Zak can't feed the baby - so he's allowed to sleep. :D
Loud baby with crappy pampers are the primary reason why I ignore making one in the future. ;D
I've just found the great news. Zak: special congratulations to both of you! :)
I hope I'll have a bit more time for Stunts forum soon, so I can share my experiences with you in this topic.
: CTG December 08, 2008, 03:25:51 +01:00
Loud baby with crappy pampers are the primary reason why I ignore making one in the future. ;D
There is no 100 percent solution for avoiding it. ;) Or there IS one, but it is extremely gayish. ;D
Something whispers that the next father in Stunts community will be nobody else than CTG.
I guess I won't have any problem being the first stunts mother here :D
: lised
I guess I won't have any problem being the first stunts mother here :D
And if you need any help to reach this result, just call me. ;D
: Krys TOFF January 23, 2009, 03:05:53 +01:00
: lised
I guess I won't have any problem being the first stunts mother here :D
And if you need any help to reach this result, just call me. ;D
Or me... to make Usrin's prediction right. ;D
Töff is too old and his size is... hmmm... small. ;D :P
Thank you very much - both of you. I'll email you as soon as I'm ready to have a baby ;)
: lised January 26, 2009, 08:56:12 +01:00
Thank you very much - both of you. I'll email you as soon as I'm ready to have a baby ;)
Email me instead! Wouldn't you love a "Latino" boy? (And I don't mean the baby ;))
: Chulk January 26, 2009, 06:45:35 +01:00
: lised January 26, 2009, 08:56:12 +01:00
Thank you very much - both of you. I'll email you as soon as I'm ready to have a baby ;)
Email me instead! Wouldn't you love a "Latino" boy? (And I don't mean the baby ;))
Already 3 applications... who will be next? ;D
Sounds like WSM09 will be a hell of a meeting ;)
: lised January 26, 2009, 11:04:10 +01:00
Sounds like WSM09 will be a hell of a meeting ;)
Gang bang? ;D
Nah seriously: there won't be any WSM in the next few years. Unless you or BJ organize one in Denmark.
: CTG January 26, 2009, 11:35:02 +01:00
: lised January 26, 2009, 11:04:10 +01:00
Sounds like WSM09 will be a hell of a meeting ;)
Gang bang? ;D
Nah seriously: there won't be any WSM in the next few years. Unless you or BJ organize one in Denmark.
And still I wouldn't be able to go, anyway... :'(
we're going to have a boy ;D ;D ;D
Boy McKracken. Nice name. ;D
: Krys TOFF March 02, 2009, 08:53:28 +01:00
Boy McKracken. Nice name. ;D
Woohoo ! ;D
Congratulations :)
If I may say so without being sexist ;)
: zaqrack March 02, 2009, 08:47:06 +01:00
we're going to have a boy ;D ;D ;D
Congrats Zak and Andi! You have save yourself a lot of money from sweet 16 party ;D
: BonzaiJoe March 02, 2009, 10:35:28 +01:00
: Krys TOFF March 02, 2009, 08:53:28 +01:00
Boy McKracken. Nice name. ;D
Woohoo ! ;D
Congratulations :)
If I may say so without being sexist ;)
You're not sexist, you're just happy because they'll name him Jacob. ;)
sorry but he may not be called Jacob after all... final choice is still a secret (and not 100% final)
Call him "Little Zak". Or "Zaki". Or "Oliver", great name... ;D
: zaqrack March 02, 2009, 08:47:06 +01:00
we're going to have a boy ;D ;D ;D
I guess you would have been just as happy if you're going to have a girl (! :)), but congratulations anyway :) I'm looking forward to hear to new name.
Definitely I would be at least this happy with a girl.
By the way since we found out his gender, our baby is super-active and kicking extra hard. Even I can feel it very definitely though he has still 4 month before birth. Looks like he'll be hyperactive as I am :)
We have settled on the name with a 98% certainity rate :D
anyway the original selection of boy names, guess which one we chose!
please consider that the baby will not only get my family name (Ács), but also Andi's, and in Hungary the first name follows the family name. so he'll be called:
Ács-Pongó ......
Barnabás
Bendegúz
Brúnó
Döme
Keve
Jákob
Merse
Máté
(sorry, Ayrton and Zak were not in the list ::))
: zaqrack March 04, 2009, 03:51:35 +01:00
Definitely I would be at least this happy with a girl.
By the way since we found out his gender, our baby is super-active and kicking extra hard. Even I can feel it very definitely though he has still 4 month before birth. Looks like he'll be hyperactive as I am :)
We have settled on the name with a 98% certainity rate :D
Haha yes he sounds a bit like you ;)
I would have a problem if I was going to have a boy, since I can't think of any names for a boy. I just found
another girl's name yesterday, so now I really have to have girls :D
: zaqrack March 04, 2009, 03:53:41 +01:00
anyway the original selection of boy names, guess which one we chose!
Barnabás
Bendegúz
Brúnó
Döme
Keve
Jákob
Merse
Máté
(sorry, Ayrton and Zak were not in the list ::))
I hope it's Barnabás! :D
: zaqrack
Ács-Pongó ......
Barnabás
Bendegúz
Brúnó
Döme
Keve
Jákob
Merse
Máté
Bruno would be redundant with Pongo because of the "o" finish. I think Mate would be the best with the name, but it's just my opinion according to the list. Chris would have been much better anyway. :P
I like how Keve sounds. Not a chance you'll call him Ignacio, right?
: lised March 04, 2009, 03:54:52 +01:00
I would have a problem if I was going to have a boy, since I can't think of any names for a boy. I just found another girl's name yesterday, so now I really have to have girls :D
That can be done, no problem.
About names, my girlfriend and I have already decided on kid's name. Joaquin if we have a boy, and Adhara if we have a girl. Name for a potentially "2nd of the same genre" kid is still under discussion...
I vote for Béla, Lajos, Ödön, Gusztáv, Vazul, Ulászló, Lukács, Csongor and Taksony. Like his father. ;D
: CTG March 04, 2009, 09:53:02 +01:00
I vote for Béla, Lajos, Ödön, Gusztáv, Vazul, Ulászló, Lukács, Csongor and Taksony. Like his father. ;D
actually thats BéLajosÖdönGusztáVazUlászlóLukáCsongorTaksony.
where did you dig this up from? :)
: zaqrack March 05, 2009, 10:41:55 +01:00
: CTG March 04, 2009, 09:53:02 +01:00
I vote for Béla, Lajos, Ödön, Gusztáv, Vazul, Ulászló, Lukács, Csongor and Taksony. Like his father. ;D
actually thats BéLajosÖdönGusztáVazUlászlóLukáCsongorTaksony.
where did you dig this up from? :)
'Names' topic, quite an old one... ;D
: zaqrack November 07, 2002, 07:01:17 +01:00
Mustafa Fitoska Tivadar Bélajosödöngusztávazulászlólukácsongortaksony
: Chulk March 04, 2009, 07:07:57 +01:00About names, my girlfriend and I have already decided on kid's name. Joaquin if we have a boy, and Adhara if we have a girl. Name for a potentially "2nd of the same genre" kid is still under discussion...
About names, if once I have children, I would like to make an agreement with the girl before the child's sex is known: I'll determine the name if it's a girl, she'll if it's a boy. I'd insist on Laura for my daughter's name, but if we agree on that the name shouldn't follow names of ex-loves, it can be Lilla, Anita, Renáta or Klára, too. I found it gayish to find out my son's name, but if the girl really wants me to determine it, the boy would inherit my first name, Ákos.
Andi is expecting our second baby :)
gender not known yet... (though she claims its a boy :))
: zaqrack October 13, 2011, 05:40:11 +02:00
Andi is expecting our second baby :)
gender not known yet... (though she claims its a boy :))
Another McKracken... I vote for the name 'Vérbulcsú'. Yes, it's an existing one. :D
Congratulations! Great news.
Multiply, multiply!
I want my kids born into a world full of Zaks.
Congratulations! Out of curiosity: do you foresee him/her being born in China or in Hungary?
China.
giving birth at home would mean at least 6 months at home - work does not allow me to do so and we do not want to be separated for this long.
So we opted for a full healthcare insurance provided by my employer (was one of the requirements I stated for relocating to Shanghai) and plan to give birth in an international hospital in Shanghai - which would bring astronomical costs I cannot otherwise afford. Shanghai is REALLY expensive.
Governmental Chinese hospitals would be cheap and on par with the service level provided at home - but there is always a lot of waiting and little care involved.
As far as I know that means we will also have to give a Chinese name to our baby :)
: zaqrack October 13, 2011, 05:40:11 +02:00
Andi is expecting our second baby :)
Hej Zak, congratulations! I hope the future mother is fine (and father and brother as well) and that you're looking forward to becoming a family of four. One more future generation pipsqueak. :-)
Thank you all!
of course I am filled with anxiety!
Today we had a wonderful ultrasound :)
No wife or children, but maybe a place for her/them in the future: I live apart from all my parents and grandparents now. A month ago, I moved to my own flat. A big step in my life. 8)
: Akoss Poo October 21, 2011, 10:39:44 +02:00
No wife or children, but maybe a place for her/them in the future: I live apart from all my parents and grandparents now. A month ago, I moved to my own flat. A big step in my life. 8)
Congratulations! Great to hear.
: BonzaiJoe October 21, 2011, 01:26:47 +02:00
: Akoss Poo October 21, 2011, 10:39:44 +02:00
No wife or children, but maybe a place for her/them in the future: I live apart from all my parents and grandparents now. A month ago, I moved to my own flat. A big step in my life. 8)
Congratulations! Great to hear.
I think Akoss Poo should organize the next WSM.
I would love that.
Richárd Ács-Pongó was born yesterday 19:56 Shanghai time with 51cm and 4.00kg.
He and Andi are both feeling very well.
Such a huge weight and it does not show at all except a few wrinkles... maybe his bones are from steel :D
Congratulations! More little Zaks :D I hope to meet them both someday.
: zaqrack April 18, 2012, 07:14:07 +02:00
Richárd Ács-Pongó was born yesterday 19:56 Shanghai time with 51cm and 4.00kg.
He and Andi are both feeling very well.
Such a huge weight and it does not show at all except a few wrinkles... maybe his bones are from steel :D
Like me! 8)
Zak, congratulations and all the best for your new son! Greetings and all the best wishes for you and your family! Enjoy the new life and the changes that are happening now. :D
: zaqrack April 18, 2012, 07:14:07 +02:00
Richárd Ács-Pongó was born yesterday 19:56 Shanghai time with 51cm and 4.00kg.
He and Andi are both feeling very well.
Such a huge weight and it does not show at all except a few wrinkles... maybe his bones are from steel :D
GREAT NEWS ZAK!! CONGRATS!! I hope for the best for the four of you! Aiming for the girl from now on?
PS: That's not THAT heavy. My little sis was 5.200Kg, I was 4.75Kg, my older brother was 4.400Kg and my middle brother was 4.550Kg...
Congrats Zak!! My best wishes for your family!
: zaqrack April 18, 2012, 07:14:07 +02:00
Richárd Ács-Pongó was born yesterday 19:56 Shanghai time with 51cm and 4.00kg.
He and Andi are both feeling very well.
Such a huge weight and it does not show at all except a few wrinkles... maybe his bones are from steel :D
Congratulations! What does the Chinese horoscope say about this date?
That's wonderful :) Congratulations!
Thank you all!
He was born in the year of the Dragon - a "Dragon Baby". The luckiest and best from all of the Chinese zodiac. Since I don't care much about such things, did not investigate more in detail.
All I know is that all Chinese women are going crazy to give birth this year.
Congratulations and best wishes to all four of you! I'm looking forward to see your sons as Stunts pipsqueaks. ;)
Barnabás started kindergarten last week. He was not accepted to any of the local kidnergartens which met our standards, so he is attending an international kindergarten, but due to financial reasons only for 3 days per week - which I don't mint.
The kindergarten and teachers are great, truly international. 10 nationalities in Barni's class, including 5 kids being non-Asian.
He still cries every day a bit as of course it is a huge change being without us, but I feel he will get used to it soon.
What really is shocking to me how much kindergarten has changed since I was a small kid - a school diary is maintained, which we receive every day including feedback on what they did and also pictures about Barni in the various activities! Really great thing!
Of course it does not beat Korea, where you get access to the kindergarten's CCTV and watch your kid online playing. Not sure I would like this though, let's leave the kids some privacy.
: zaqrack September 09, 2012, 08:05:24 +02:00
Of course it does not beat Korea, where you get access to the kindergarten's CCTV and watch your kid online playing. Not sure I would like this though, let's leave the kids some privacy.
I know I would like it. You don't have to be watching your kids all the time, they just give you the possibility to do it. I would do it once or twice a day, probably when it's feeding time.
Of course I have to meet a girl first, get her to fall in love with me, get serious about it and then have kids...
: zaqrack September 09, 2012, 08:05:24 +02:00
let's leave the kids some privacy.
Totally. Security difference is about zero and it just introduces a relationship of mistrust between parents and kindergarten teachers.
Any Stunts kids to show their inherited skills? :D
We already had Daffy Duck and Tweety Bird. Bálint the Slovak and Bárnábás and Rikárd should enter the training circuits soon.
: BonzaiJoe February 08, 2013, 02:12:44 +01:00
We already had Daffy Duck and Tweety Bird.
And Sergio Baro. ;D
Good point :D
: CTG February 08, 2013, 02:06:58 +01:00
Any Stunts kids to show their inherited skills? :D
Barnabas already ran some laps, but he is not yet on competition level. He enjoys playing Stunts with me. We usually race against Skid :)
Richard is already showing considerable interest in Stunts!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87286571@N00/8504992687/
How lovely :) I find it particularly amusing that he is watching an RH session. (A bad RH session, however, is not too unlike a Roadrunner cartoon: repeated attempts at reaching a goal that always fail with something exploding...)
: zaqrack February 25, 2013, 03:54:40 +01:00
Richard is already showing considerable interest in Stunts!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87286571@N00/8504992687/
And he's even laughing at every failed attempt (I do that every now and then)
What a nice video! ^_^.
Will I be the first active Stunts pipsqueak with three kids? 8) 8) ::) ::) :) :) :D :D
: zaqrack July 30, 2015, 04:50:56 +02:00
Will I be the first active Stunts pipsqueak with three kids? 8) 8) ::) ::) :) :) :D :D
Congratulations!
Maybe you'll be the first to participate in a Stunts contest while having exactly three kids, but we should not forget that Krys Toff has four kids.
Stunts Rabbits (Is there this expression in English (rabbits) to refer who have a lot of kids?)
: BonzaiJoe July 30, 2015, 11:59:45 +02:00
Maybe you'll be the first to participate in a Stunts contest while having exactly three kids, but we should not forget that Krys Toff has four kids.
true, and possibly more than four by now :)
: zaqrack July 30, 2015, 04:50:56 +02:00
Will I be the first active Stunts pipsqueak with three kids? 8) 8) ::) ::) :) :) :D :D
Awesome, congratulations :)
I'm a bit confused. Is the baby out?
no, not yet, he is barely 2cm tall at the moment :)
Oh :-) Glad (s)he's still hanging out in the womb then. (S)he would have had some problems fitting in with that height in the outside world.
Looking forward to more little McKrackens in the world :-)
Hej Zak, congrats! Now you'll need a bigger box for your pipsqueak team! :D
Congrats Zak!!! :D :-* :-*
thanks all :)
it's a girl ;D (and due by early March)
Congrats!! Possible names?
We had a list of 30 candidates, now reduced to 5 options:
Franciska
Karina
Natasa
Panka
Stefánia
Only one will be selected. :)
Karina is the name o a cousin of me. It's a very global name.
Nice names!
Is Franciska because the Pope? Here some people named their children "Francisco" because him.
Franciska (Francisca in portuguese) is not common here. Francisco is common. These names have nicknames: Fran or Chico/Chica (more common) in Brazil. Brazil has a tradition to give short nicknames for some names:
- Nando/Nanda or Fer for Fernando/Fernanda
- Dani for Daniel, Daniele, Daniela and another forms
- Zé for José (Joseph)
And so on.
Nice! What about Olivia? ;)
Panka is something special with Pongo...
group answer!
No connection with the pope, we just happened to both like this name.
Panka is indeed has the best rhythm from these choices. My only concern with his name is that in Hungarian if a word ends with -ka or -ke that means small. So not sure it is a proper name for an adult. It is actually a nickname version of Panna, which is a nickname version of Anna. But sounds great :)
Almost everyone has shorter nicknames here, which is usually ending with -ka/-ke or -i. If we take my family:
Andrea-> Andi
Péter -> Peti
Barnabás -> Barni
Richárd -> Ricsi
Róbert -> Robi
Márton -> Marci
Marianne -> Manka (my mother)
Olivia: In Hungarian family name comes first, followed by the "first" name. We have chosen to relay both my and my wife's family name to our kids, so that would read Ács-Pongó Olivia. The double O is too strange to pronounce :)
Karina may be global but very rare in Hungary :)
What about Dalma or Gianinna? :)
How do you pronounce Natasa in Hungarian?
: zaqrack October 26, 2015, 02:44:12 +01:00
group answer!
No connection with the pope, we just happened to both like this name.
Panka is indeed has the best rhythm from these choices. My only concern with his name is that in Hungarian if a word ends with -ka or -ke that means small. So not sure it is a proper name for an adult. It is actually a nickname version of Panna, which is a nickname version of Anna. But sounds great :)
Almost everyone has shorter nicknames here, which is usually ending with -ka/-ke or -i. If we take my family:
Andrea-> Andi
Péter -> Peti
Barnabás -> Barni
Richárd -> Ricsi
Róbert -> Robi
Márton -> Marci
Marianne -> Manka (my mother)
Olivia: In Hungarian family name comes first, followed by the "first" name. We have chosen to relay both my and my wife's family name to our kids, so that would read Ács-Pongó Olivia. The double O is too strange to pronounce :)
Karina may be global but very rare in Hungary :)
Zak family's names in portuguese and related nicks:
Andréa/Andreia if it's female or André if male -> Andi/Andy/Déia or Deco (male)Pedro -> sometimes is PêBarnabé -> Barney (it's not common this name)Ricardo -> Rick, Rico and rarely Cardo.Roberto -> BetoMartin/Martim -> not common nicknameMariana/Mariane -> Mari/Nane/Nana
When it's small, you can use -inho (man) or -inha (woman) in the end, but in some cases, the last letter will be supressed or adapted: i.e: Riquinho, Betinho, Marizinha.
: Duplode October 26, 2015, 04:20:28 +01:00
How do you pronounce Natasa in Hungarian?
Google translate is quite good in reading Hungarian :) click the link and then press the speaker icon on the left
https://translate.google.com/#hu/en/natasa%2C%20franciska%2C%20karina%2C%20panka%2C%20stef%C3%A1nia
: Shoegazing Leo October 26, 2015, 04:46:36 +01:00
Zak family's names in portuguese and related nicks:
Andréa/Andreia if it's female or André if male -> Andi/Andy/Déia or Deco (male)
Pedro -> sometimes is Pê
Barnabé -> Barney (it's not common this name)
Ricardo -> Rick, Rico and rarely Cardo.
Roberto -> BetoMartin/Martim -> not common nickname
Mariana/Mariane -> Mari/Nane/Nana
When it's small, you can use -inho (man) or -inha (woman) in the end, but in some cases, the last letter will be supressed or adapted: i.e: Riquinho, Betinho, Marizinha.
Haha :) Now I am fully ready to travel to Brazil :)
: zaqrack October 25, 2015, 09:46:41 +01:00
We had a list of 30 candidates, now reduced to 5 options:
Franciska
Karina
Natasa
Panka
Stefánia
Only one will be selected. :)
she ended up as Emilia and is soon already 5 yrs old ;)
: zaqrack July 30, 2015, 04:50:56 +02:00
Will I be the first active Stunts pipsqueak with three kids? 8) 8) ::) ::) :) :) :D :D
Well, now that you've pointed my attention to this topic.
I don't know if there are more with 3.
I personally have 4 kids 8)
Oldest born in the year of the Dragon.
@zak, one of yours as well I believe
Attached is a lockdown memory photo from last summer. (All later family photos failed because there was always at least one protesting, crying or both)
My non-existing children do not deserve this world...
I keep hoping that mankind will come to its senses and stop killing the earth.
But I think we have a better chance of colonising an other planet....
Just hope for the best and prepare my kids as well as possible to do there part.
I don't have kids. I hope today's kids can be happy with so little to play with compared to our era. We here met computers and video games, but had a good dose of classical playing before... I think most of us, at least. But nowadays video games seem to be the only thing. Children are the only humans that know why they want what they want. Adults tend to lose that.
It's a challenge to get the kids off screen. Also because we as adults have trouble laying the phone aside.
But my kids spend most of their time off-screen. Just old school playing.
It takes more effort to help them find there game, it's easy to let them sink into online oblivion but we don't want that.
We have found a line that makes the digital world an inspiration for the real world. It's incredible to see wat a 3, 5 or 8 year old can do compared to my youth.
@Daniel3D wonderful family! You are not the fist one with 4 kids - we had the legendary Krys Toff, who back in 2003-2006 managed to race very consistently and even attend the World Stunts Meeting in Denmark, already with 4 kids, while most of us were still youngsters without a family :)
Regarding screen time - all my kids are in Waldorf schools and we follow the same principles at home - no screens or electronic devices until they turn 14. Absolutely none - exactly for the reason Cas stated - so they can discover the world on their own, with their own hands. Of course for this to work we need a community where other parents also adhere to the same, so there is no tension between the kids. Sometimes it is very hard (especially trying to show a good example while my work is bound to the screen) but totally worth it. Their creativity and ability to discover new things is amazing - I truly believe they can later on contribute a lot to build a better world.
And while they are growing up, they are doing well - e.g. this morning my oldest son was busy with building his own "treehouse" and setting up traps on the neighboring empty plot, my smaller boy (the dragon one :)) was helping me doing some woodworking and then I cooked lunch with my girl a bit later.
Attached a pic of the full bunch ;)
You guys have really beautiful families and I admire how you manage to protect your children's creativity!
: zaqrackOf course for this to work we need a community where other parents also adhere to the same, so there is no tension between the kids.
This exact thing I've thought of so many times and believed it was virtually impossible to achieve in the current world, but seeing that you can do it, however hard, gives me hope :)
: zaqrack January 09, 2021, 02:18:47 +01:00
Regarding screen time - all my kids are in Waldorf schools and we follow the same principles at home - no screens or electronic devices until they turn 14. Absolutely none - exactly for the reason Cas stated - so they can discover the world on their own, with their own hands.
I really admire your choice in this.
We don't have the community to make a no screen concept work. (And I do believe that screens can have a inspirational and motivational function if used correctly. I'm also careful) we do look around for inspiration. We have Waldorf inspired playstand, balance board and slide in the living room. But we also take inspiration from Emmi Pikler and anthroposophical ideas.
The school we have chosen has a new and developing way of teaching. A (government required) solid base combined with a wide range of workshops.
I think we all thrive to find the best for our kids in the environment that they grow up in.
parenting unconditionally we call it. We set boundaries (of course) but they can choose their own path.
We will move to a new home next month with a bit more room. We will make a dedicated play room there. (No screens allowed) not that it will change much. But it will be nice to be able to walk around with breaking my neck over grimms and grapat toys ::)
: zaqrack January 09, 2021, 02:18:47 +01:00
Attached a pic of the full bunch ;)
Hihetetlen - beautiful picture! Your older son reminds me of young Zak a lot, doesn't he?
Great to see you lurking around :)
Yep, he looks very much like me and behaves also very similar like me at that age with some slight but major differences of course (no interest in math that I had, but an amazing artistic talent my wife had). Things like that. So an easy job for me to be his dad, just have to recall my own youth. However, I'm dreading his adolescence. I was an awful teenager. :D
Makes me wonder, if hundreds of us were to suddenly become teenagers again and the world were full of second-time teenagers.... Would these second timers be more settled and careful or quite the contrary? I find it hard to imagine XD - I was a relatively peaceful teenager, also with an interest in math and other sciences. When I had to take them seriously, I didn't perform as well :P
: zaqrack January 14, 2021, 01:37:57 +01:00
Great to see you lurking around :)
Yes, I'm still there. Waiting for the moment... maybe I'll start racing again when I*m 64! ;D A Stunts pipsqueak stays being a Stunts pipsqueak. 8)