Friday!
I’m so glad it’s Friday. Erik’s six weeks of daycamp starts on Monday. He needs it. I need it. I’m not sure who needs it most.
He is bored out of his gourd, even though I am trying to do fun things with him. Every second of inattention is a second that he is soooooooooooooooo boooooooored he’s going to die. He’s always been high maintenance.
He just found a penny from the Bahamas in his coin collection. I assume he picked it up in the street since we do live in a very diverse area. He is asking me over and over and over again “where did my coin from the Ba-ha-ha come from? Why do I have a coin from the Ba-ha-ha.” I am cracking up at the Ba-ha-ha, but tired of answering the question. The latest theory: a robber left it for him. I think he needs a dictionary.
Speaking of which–he read a whole chapter in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by himself this morning! I’m so proud of him! I even quized him on it to make sure he understood and he seems to have really read it. We had Elsa’s playgroup over here this morning so he was boooooooooooored. “Why do we have to have all these babies around, anyway?”
I probably only have a few more minutes of writing before I am strongarmed into going upstairs and filming more hermit crab races. If you are on my FB you got to see a couple of races yesterday, lucky you. I finally was able to access my youtube account, so will be uploading the rest there. Not that I expect you to want to watch them. They are a little more exciting than the typical YouTube hermit crab race because most races don’t feature a crazy 2 year old screaming at the top of her lungs.
Yup. Now he wants a hermit crab race. I would put him off, but I smell something that tells me Elsa needs some attention.
Bonnie in Tennessee said,
June 25, 2012 @ 11:17 am
Carrie – I really enjoy your blog. Still think you could write a book. You might get Eric to make up and tape his own story to keep him busy. Also, when we were at the Parthenon in Nashville, we bought a book on the Greek math used to create their wonderful temples and our 10 year grandson loved it. He had not linked math & building until then. He & our granddaughter loved singing so we got them a small Karoake machine several years ago. I try to catch up with you every week or so. My husband is terminally ill, so that is not always easy. I am not on fb or twitter, but do youtube sometimes to learn stuff. (Fixed a pearl necklace clasp, loosened a too-tight watch, trying to work up nerve to paint faux-tiles on our concrete porch.) Anyway, found you and we got the biggest laugh from the hermit crab races. I am considering suggesting the hermit crabs for our grandchildren, but don’t know how my dil would like it. Thanks for sharing.