December 4, 2006

Do you ever have days where you think you'd be better off crawling back into bed and starting over? Well, it has been one of those sorts of days for me. The boys slept fairly well -- I went in at Midnight and discovered both of them had crawled half off their beds so I reinserted them into beds and undercovers but then they slept until 5:20. I woke suddenly, out of a very deep sleep, at 4 am when Tom's alarm went off. Had the hardest time dragging myself up and out. Tom, also, had a bit of a hard start. But he got himself fed and out the door and just shortly after he left, the boys woke.

The morning started slowly because I was so tired. Finally, around 6:30, in desperation because I just couldn't stay awake, I told the boys that I would put on a video (I know, evil!) and then I was going to take a half hour nap. It wasn't 5 minutes, though, before Jason yelled that the DVD had frozen up. Sigh... so I dragged myself up and came out to look. The upshot of that was that I ended up moving the Entertainment center, dusting (Cough and choke!), removing the old DVD and Video players and installing the new one I had bought for Tom's use (with much helpful advice and commentary from my eldest son). With trepidition, we turned the system on. It works, though I suspect I may have hooked up the sound system strangely... But then the DVD hung again! I cleaned it and it worked. By this time, however, I had surrendered to the fact that I was not going to get any sleep. The boys were agitating to go to the gym (I know, sad, isn't it?) So I got them shod and clothed and off we went. They played happily while I worked out then I collected them (with a certain amount of bribery to get Xander out the door) and we went to the indoor playspace. The boys ran and jumped and rode tricycles for about an hour. Then, after a quick snack of animal crackers and apple juice, we ran to the grocery to collect Xander's meds. That took much longer than expected and it was nearing lunch time when we arrived home. So I fed them -- Quesadilla for Jason, Tortilla for Xander. Then books and naps. When Jason woke, we took all the coins out of his piggy bank and, after he had sorted all the coins into their requisite piles, he counted them back into the bank. I recorded the numbers and when he was done, using a combination of addition and multiplication, Jason figured out the value of his coins. He had a little coaching from Mom but I am very impressed with how he is doing. He then came out and played a few minutes of computer games before his little brother woke. The boys are now snacking on Raisin Bran and water. Soon we shall have to load back in the car to go into Fairwood where Jason's martial arts class is being held. Tom will meet us there at 4 and stay to watch Jason while I take Xander somewhere else... he will be very unhappy not to be 'doing' with his brother but he is not yet quite old enough...