Jamie and Liam Chew's Blog: 2009-09-11

2009-09-11 24:33 (Kristen) It was a full and exciting day today. Liam and I dropped Jamie off at school, as John is running the annual Toronto Scrabble tournament this weekend, and will largely be out of the house. Liam and I ran some errands, had something to eat at the Second Cup, and hung out until it was time to pick Jamie up for lunch. Liam and I did go to Book City for a bit, and Liam got very excited and asked for a "little book" for himself. I bought him a little Backyardigans book, and he happily "read" it in the wagon for a while. Jamie, Liam, and I ate at Browning, and then took Jamie back to school. By then, Liam and I were pretty tired, so we vegged at home until it was time to back to get Jamie. Jamie was very excited and happy after school, and ran off to find the posse and play. I went through his stuff, and found a folder that detailed his work schedule for the year (he takes music! and drama! yay!). The funny part was when I explained that he was going to have spelling tests on Fridays, and we segued slightly into the idea of spelling bees. Jamie's face lit up and he said "You mean you can *win*? I want to start now!" I think that he'll be attacking the idea of spelling with a little more edge than most of his other classmates, but I'm fine with that. His folder also contained a letter home that Jamie had written, and his teacher explained that the kids wrote their letters on Friday and would every Friday this year. She said thatgetting them to write the letters had been challenging (I bet!) but that it woul d be worth it. I expressed happiness at the idea, and I'm looking forward to what Jamie feels is worth writing about this year.

We stayed at the playground until 5, as Jamie and Liam played hard in the schoolyard. Liam found the sheer number of children intimidating, and stayed close to me until it had thinned out a bit. When we finally exhausted the playground, we headed to Browning for dinner. John joined us eventually, and he and Ross were working very hard at a fast comet star at Super Mario Galaxy for a while. Eventually, Jamie came down and did it in one try. Fast comets are his specialty, yo. The boys were blitheringly tired, and fell asleep very easily.