There was a power outage the evening of Wednesday January 8th around 6:30pm at night that left our house without any electricity or heat. My immediate impulse was book a hotel, but your father (the boy scout) lit candles and huddled us into the back bedroom where it is was well insulated. The city thought they could have the power back on by midnight, so your father tucked us into bed, and he stood watch in the kitchen reading by candle light. (I had to wear ear plugs you snored so loud!) When the house came back “on,” we moved your sleeping body back to your room - seamless transition.
Michael came through Greenville on his way to Mexico mid month to start his post as a Foreign Service Officer. It was sad to see him go, but great to get an extra hug good-bye.
“May you get me some Ninja Turtle gummies, please” you say to me after school most days. Its so funny...and really polite!
Your father went to the Bar Convention in Kiawah for four days this month and you and I had a lot of fun together. The Whitehead twins were born on 1/24 Friday evening, so we invited Rivers to play for the majority of the day on Saturday. It was the first time with silly string and you guys loved it. It was also the first time we tried a sleep-over for nap, but that failed. You and Rivers just whispered together in the dark and I had to keep coming into the room reminding you not to talk. This lasted for about an hour, and then I gave up and let you both stop pretending to sleep.
You dropped your plastic spoon in the gallon milk container one morning while we were having breakfast. The top of the milk was open and it was asking for it. I mean, your spoon fit perfectly inside - how could you not, right? You do a million things a day that I don’t write down, but for some reason this particular moment was funny to me. I saw it happen in slow motion and my “nooo - don’t drop it” was pointless. Its still rattling around in there.
I like the “living sand” we bought you this month. I might like playing with it more than you.
“Bye, babe” you said to me as I was leaving the house the morning of 1/10. Your father and I met each others eyes across the dining room and smirked. Jeeez you are funny!
Your school called me mid-day on Monday 1/27 to tell me you had a fever and needed to go to the doctor. Thankfully it wasn’t the flu (which has been going around). Either way your father and I traded working from home half days on Tuesday 1/28. We watched a lot of “Little Einsteins.” Key phrase for that day: Triple play on demand.
Then it snowed Wednesday 1/29, giving all of us a “snow day.” I will say that it is much easier to go to the office to work than trying to “work from home” with you in the background. On Thursday when there was still no school for you, we sent you to Sharon's house.
- You’ve woken up a few times this month on the weekend early (6:30am!). We tell you that its not time to get up but allow you play quietly in your room, which totally works! It doesn't even occur to you to object, you just comply. I swear - is there a better child than you on the planet?
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