Jamie and Liam Chew's Blog: 2009-10-16

2009-10-16 22:58 (Kristen) We got Jamie to school with seconds to spare, it seemed, but on time. I took Liam to Hakobune, but wanted to do some shopping afterwards on Queen Street: specifically, to find some wool for Jamie's sweater. I took Liam down on the streetcar, which he enjoyed except for the part where he had to put his DS down to transfer streetcars. He was very good in the wool store, which was not the most fun he'd ever had, but he still found the different colours and textures interesting. I was not so happy at the end when he decided a knitting needle made a good rapier, but it was very good behaviour for a three-year-old. Afterwards, we walked to Bakka-Phoenix, where Liam saw Michelle when we went in. "What are you doing here?!" he exclaimed, not realising that Michelle has more than one setting to live in. He played his DS while I browsed and chatted, and was very very good again. I should add that I now feel some empathy for my mom (yet again) as Liam and I were on the elevator in Broadview Station. A woman commented that he knew his numbers, after he pressed and identified the "3" button (3 is also his favourite number, of course). The woman asked him who had taught him his numbers, and he said (after a moment) "My dad." Because, of course, I've never worked on him with his numbers or anything. Chopped liver. That's me. In case it's not clear, I once did this to my mother too.

We met up at home, and John told me that Jamie had come out of school with his arms piled high with his stuff, and that a girl from his class was trailing him, and picking up the stuff he was dropping. Jamie has been forgetting coats, mittens, sweatshirts, and other stuff this week in an unprecedented orgy of lost stuff (he's never been this bad). Distracted boy. We had his friend Charlie home for a playdate, then went to Browning for dinner. We came home early, put the boys to bed early, and they fell asleep early.