Maximum Age Limit

Toys have a minimum age limit on them.  This is a good idea so that young children aren't playing with toys that may have small parts that they could choke on.  However, I really think there should be a maximum age limit listed on the toys as well.  Case in point:

And since they enjoy mimicking so much:

This is what Cooper thought of Charlotte climbing on top.

They are starting to get aggressive with each other.  Cooper screeches at Charlotte and pulls, pushes, yanks, and pinches to get her to 'share'.  Charlotte has always been aggressive, but has had to step it up in response to Cooper.  She tried to bite Chris during hand timeout, but a sharp 'no' stopped her mid-bite.

We've had to institute some consistent rules - No biting, pushing, or hitting to get the toy you want.  Immediate timeout for those offenses.  If one child has the toy they get to keep it and once they lose interest then the other child can have the toy...basically no stealing allowed.  This causes a lot of tantrums, but so far it's working.  Charlotte just follows Cooper around like a puppy dog waiting for him to drop the toy she wants.  She even tries to bring other toys to him that he might want.  Sometimes he falls for it, sometimes he keeps the toy forever!

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We went to the park today.  There is a new park not far from us that is more of a 'baby' playground.  Charlotte LOVES the slide and as normal, Cooper is intensely interested exploring every single inch of the playground.  It was fun to get out and enjoy the sunshine!

She looks like such a big girl walking here:

This is my favorite of Cooper (he had just eaten some sticks and dirt):

Charlotte loved the bench and could easily climb up on her own. 

My favorite of Charlotte trying to climb back up the slide:

She looks scared, but she comes out the bottom with big smiles (unfortunately we couldn't get her to sit at the bottom long enough to get her smile in a picture...she immediately ran to go down again):

Crazy static hair!

Cooper liked the bouncy ducks...except he kept hitting himself in the face with it.

Charlotte would go touch it and then run off...not so interesting to her.

Charlotte was afraid of the tunnels, but Cooper loved them.

Scout hung out in the shade the entire time.