Postby Kathryn-in-Canada » Sat Sep 29, 2018 10:38 pm
Dropped dh at airport, picked up a cook chicken and had dinner with dgs.
He was so excited to see the chicken, then the corn! He couldn't stop talking about the corn and insisting that he have some for supper. He ended up eating 2 full ears.
After supper I played with him for over an hour while his mom unpacked and got laundry on. We played tidy the playroom. His idea, not mine. I had very carefully left the mess in there all the time we were using the house during the power outage. I didn't want to clean up in case dd took it as a back-handed insult about her housekeeping.
He started with put away animals. Fast! His parents assured me that the game was I put things away while he said faster, faster! but I shifted it and handed him the animals to put away. Halfway through he said Penguin was missing. Which it was because it had come on the trip and wasn't unpacked. But still his parents were amazed he could look at the pile of animals and note one wasn't there. The orange ball was missing too but I found it behind me.
Then we did blocks and cars and finally the play kitchen. Then books. He brought them all in to me (they were in the other room.) And once everything was tidied up he asked to colour. Then we played his toy piano. He never made anything messy again.
This tidy up game is something I started with him a while ago and as long as he asks for it, we'll do it! Poor mommy, when he plays with her, he immediately dumps everything out again.
I got home at a reasonable hour, texted with dh before he left on the next plane and then phoned my senior friend to chat with her. Ds wrote me when he woke up and we discussed the duplex he wants to buy (shudder!!!) We've agreed to do a walk-by first.
If I rush, I can get to bed for 11.
Good night all!