today was a super low key, but fun day.
i have gotten into the habit of putting a list of thomas videos on youtube on my computer for quinn to occupy him while i tackle chores or take a shower. the system has been only semi working since he always wants to see a video that is showing in the sidebar instead of the video that is playing or is queued to play.
since he wants to see a different video every minute or so, we have been trying to teach q how to use the computer mouse, and today it clicked. he had a ball picking all of his own train videos. q's new found mouse prowess was great except that it was tough to lure him off of the computer. i ended up disconnecting the wireless modem and pretending the computer was broken...weak, yes, but i didn't want to have to tackle him/sit on him to get his shoes on.
i am not sure what my strategy will be here on out...i probably will use the same status update/timer i use when we are at the playground to end computer sessions...i just give the kids a verbal update on how much longer we have to do whatever we are doing, set a timer on my cell phone, and then when the alarm goes off, it's time to change gears. it works well with q about 70% of the time. tomorrow, we have the added distraction (and bonus) of lego class, so it shouldn't be too hard to lure him out of the house.
other than helping my 2yo turn into a computer geek, the day was pretty quiet. we had a minor bus issue with afternoon dropoff today, and i hope to have it ironed out by morning. i tell ya, my heart cannot withstand anymore of these crazy surprises with my kids.
q and i were downstairs early today...about five minutes before the earliest time we've seen livie dropped off so far, which means we were downstairs 10 minutes before the dropoff time we were given the first week of school. we stood around for just about five minutes and were positioned so that we were looking down the hill that livie's bus would be coming up. all of a sudden, i hear livie's little voice shouting MOMMY from behind me. i whirl around to see livie and her bus mother walking down our street...i stuttered and sputtered and finally squeaked out "where's the bus?!!?". it was all the way up the hill...i don't know how long it had been there...over five minutes as i had not seen it drive by. that means that the bus got livie to our building almost 15 minutes earlier than the dropoff time i was told by the bus company the first week of school. arrgh...i hope to have this ironed out tomorrow.
here, q is nice and clear while the rest of the scene is blurry. we hope to get a "real" camera soon.
it's hard to get good action shots with a crappy cell phone camera, but i like this clear pic of livie's little face.
livie and i worked on this dragon fly...tomorrow, we will put him up on the wall to keep the sunflower company.
q boycotted his nap today, and as a result, he was pretty sleepy right before dinner.
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