Jamie and Liam Chew's Blog: 2009-08-24

2009-08-24 23:34 (Kristen) Liam and Jamie were both up unreasonably early this morning--before 7, I think--and unusually, both boys let me sleep. I appreciated that greatly: it was like it was my birthday, and not Liam's! We wished Liam a happy birthday, and responded with gleeful delight. He has been looking forward to this a good deal. Jamie, however, despite a quality morning with me and playing with Sadaru, was not himself. He broke down in tears after we picked Liam up, saying that he was sad because he felt left out of the festivities. I assured him that he was special, good things would come to him too, and that he should try to be happy for Liam rather than thinking about what Liam was getting and that Jamie wasn't. He was somewhat gloomy for parts of the day, but fatigue might have helped. Both boys were a little out of control--we created mayhem when we dropped by for five minutes at Browning to look for a house key (I forgot mine and was locked out), and wound each other up completely. John was out buying last minute presents for Jamie and Liam, but Liam was delighted by the balloons and bananas that John had left behind for him. The boys calmed down a bit, but were very excited by the trip to Ichi Riki for dinner with Gary, Ayami, John's dad, and John's aunts. The party was a great success, with cake, candles, presents, and fish (very yummy california roll and salmon sushi!). The look on Liam's face when he realized that he had a DS ("My DS! My DS!") was worth everything. He also loved the birthday cake hat that Gary and Ayami gave him as part of their present, and wore it for the rest of the vening. The boy is all about funny hats. Jack declared Liam an intellectual by the end of the evening, as Liam completely ignored his ice cream to play with the DS, thereby proving matters of the mind concern him more than matters of the body. A great time was had by all, and we were very tired when we came home at close to nine o'clock. Liam still managed to keep going, well past his brother's conkout, until close to 10:30. When he dropped off to sleep, it was very sudden. It takes a lot of energy to keep going like that. Liam was happy, Jamie was happy, and the rest of us were content with a job well done.