What luck! My sitter woke up vomitting yesterday morning!
Oh, I'm really not that cruel. I'm not happy that our beloved L was sick yesterday. But I had an unexpected day off, just me and my youngest. It was fun.
L didn't call to tell me she was sick until 8 am. We were already dressed and ready to go, and I had a staff meeting at work, so I brought Thomas in with me and asked our student workers to watch him (I knew they wouldn't mind). He was a good boy, and of course I like to show him off to my co-workers.
Then we went to the library. I always feel guilty about comparing, but it was really refreshing to go to the library with Tommy. I usually go with his "bubba", and we have a pretty strict routine we follow: only visit certain areas of the library and in a certain order. If I try to introduce a book from outside the usual subjects, it's met with disgust, at least 8 times out of 10.
Tommy, on the other hand, would just pull a random book off the shelf and ask me to read it! What fun! The books are coded with stickers to indicate holiday subject matter (an orange witch for Halloween), so we picked out quite a few cute Halloween books.
Then we went to lunch at a restaurant! A casual family sandwich place, but a step up from McDonald's. More fun! Tommy had dino-bites (chicken nuggets shaped like dinosaurs) and fries, I had a tuna salad sandwich and fries. I was trying to eavesdrop on the table behind us, and I think Tommy could tell, because he said "what those people is talking about?" He's so smart.
All went well until we took a potty break. Then another potty break. Then a third potty break. I realized that perhaps he was finished eating and was becoming enamored of the walk to the bathroom and the whole routine of flushing, washing hands, etc. It all goes painfully slowly because he wants to DO IT ALL HIMSELF.
On the way home he fell asleep, and I was able to lounge on the couch and watch CNN. Still more fun!
Henry was really surprised to have us meet him when he got off the bus. He said "I got back on the bus, and when I got home, you and Tommy were there!!" (When he got off the bus Thomas yelled "surprise!")
I realized that I make an effort to do things with just Henry sometimes, but almost never worry about one-on-one time with Tommy. I will have to do that more often- it was really special.
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4 comments:
Sounds like we both had a little on-on-one time with our youngest boys today. And, we both really loved it. I know the library and other public places can be a lot less stressful and therefore more fun with Brother-roo, but either way on-to-one is the way to go every once and a while.
What a nice day! I think even Henry benefitted, by coming home to a more relaxed Mommy and Tommy.
Tommy must have been so excited to have a day with Mom! My Dad used to take me or one of my sisters on special afternoon outings and we loved the time with him and didn't have to compete for his attention.
What a great day! So glad you were able to have it!
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