Jamie and Liam Chew's Blog: 2008-05-14

2008-05-14 23:15 (Kristen) Liam kept me in bed all night; every time I moved, he woke up. I relish those nights when I sleep in my clothes because I can't get out of bed. One the bright side, I got a lot of sleep: enough t wake up feeling a little disoriented and stiff. Liam was in a fine mood, and Jamie seemed to be well also. The boys ate breakfast and went off to school, and I followed not long afterwards so that I could take over from John. We walked home after Liam played on the slides (his favourite outdoor activity, aside from chasing and ovserving the local wildlife), and settled into our usual morning of TVO Kids and puzzles. Liam surprised me greatly by doing two of his four-piece puzzles by himself, and was very pleased with himself when I walked into the room and saw the two puzzles all done (I was doubly surprised because he had chosen the right pieces out of the box, which contains four puzzles). He is still prone to sudden explosions of temper when he is thwarted in any way, which will often include a series of very short, high-pitched screams (!...!...!...!). I am not enjoying this at all. At. All.

In the afternoon, we picked up Jamie and dropped him off at Hakobune. Liam came with us to the Korean grocery store, where it was difficult to keep him from impulse buying EVERYTHING (we got off cheaply with the Hello Kitty! cookies, I thought). I picked up a pizza bun for him, and he enjoyed eating that in his stroller while I walked him to Aroma to meet John (who drove). Liam fell asleep a little past Aroma, but it was a pleasant walk, and I turned around and walked back to meet John. Liam slept for about an hour, but was very snuggly when he woke up. He nursed and then just cuddled on my lap. He insisted that John carry him to the car, and was very affectionate with his dad on the way there, making John visibly melt. They both went to get Jamie while I slept in the car (I was very sleepy today), and then we dropped off some groceries at John's parents' house before we went home. The boys stopped and socialized with John's parents first, of course.

For dinner, I made the boys eel and edamame again (which they love), and Joamie disappeared soon after for his playtime with Gary. Liam and I read books, played Wii, argued about the proper use of the stereo and DVD players, and I figured out how he managed to put the VCR parental lock on (and I'm not taking it off anytime soon, heh). Bedtime was at 8:25, and lights out not long after 9:00. It was an average day, and I'm already gearing up for tomorrow.

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