Peeling Egg Shells

Yulia, one of my playground moms, gave a me perfect tip how to keep Ivan busy.

They eat lots of eggs at home, and while Leyla, her daughter doesn't like eggs (neither does Ivan), she likes to peel the eggshell of hard boiled eggs. And apparently Leyla has gotten so good at it that now she peels off their eggshells.

I thought what a perfect fine motor skills activity to show Ivan.

And today, it just so happened, I had some hardboiled eggs handy to stave off a temper tantrum while we were waiting for Andy to finish cooking one of our quick, on the fly dinners.

I boiled a dozen eggs last night because I want to color eggs with Ivan tomorrow for Easter, which is this weekend.

I also bought an easter book for him "Where are Baby's Easter Eggs," which we've been reading each night since Sunday. I was shocked to realize he knows the word "jaja," Croatian for "egg." I have no clue where he picked that up, since he usually doesn't see us eat eggs, I doubt he's seen me use eggs in baking, and I don't recall any pictures of eggs in any other picture books. But oh well.

But I digressed from my original topic. So tonight, I got an egg and started peeling it. He was in awe. He took the egg from me and continued to carefully and slowly peel the shell off. He loved it. He was so focused on it and so dexterous at doing it.

It truly is a perfect activity for him.