I had volunteered to work on Friday. Since it was an already short week, it didn’t seem too bad to go in. I was all ready to brave the rain and wind; we went to school, but I noticed the office was dark. The teachers were huddled in the office, and barely came outside long enough to motion that there was no power and no phones. So I turned around and went back home. So much for that. But it was kind of nice, because I knew I’d be at home with Brandon all day long. I did offer to Jennifer if Jesselyn needed to be watched for a few hours, I wouldn’t mind. I had intended to do some errands, like go to the bank and go grocery shopping, but I could do that in the afternoon. Jennifer did take me up on it because Jonathan had to go to a meeting. So Jesselyn came over for a bit and played. Since he had so many toys from Christmas, it was easy to keep the two entertained. Jesselyn wanted to make a house with the blocks. Brandon a train. Jennifer called about two hours later saying that work had also lost power and she was going to come over sooner to pick up Jesselyn. So we got to hang out a bit, catch up about work in the privacy of our own home, and by 1220pm both kids were getting a little cranky and then finally, Brandon said, “Go to bed” then “mum-mum.” Jennifer used that as a cue, and she told Jesselyn that they would go home, eat and then take a nap. Jesselyn started to whine when she heard nap. So Jennifer comforted her and said, “Ok, we’ll eat first then go take a nap.” She was happy with that. When they left, I offered lunch to Brandon, but he refused. He only wanted to take a nap. Ok by me, so we both took a nap and didn’t wake up until 3! Wow…what a refreshing nap. It was still raining pretty badly out there so we just stayed in and waited for Dave to get back.
Brandon has been asking what the golden M is when we are driving around. He also sees it on TV. I didn’t want to lie to him, so I told him it was “McDonald’s”. But I am not very excited when I say it, discouraging it. But when he sees it while driving around, it’s usually accompanied by a huge brightly colored play structure. “Whazzat?” Again, I tell him. Now he is asking to “Go Old McDonald’s.” (Like he’s singing the song or something.) Man, I am still hoping not to go there until he’s at least 5 or longer if I can help it.
Today, we braved the rain to go to the bank and then eat Chinese breakfast. We were taking it home, but needed to make a U-turn first. Brandon, who knew we had food to eat, said, “Go that way” pointing behind us as we left the parking lot. He knew which way home was, but wasn’t aware we had to make the U-turn first. “Go that way!” he said again. “Go home and eat,” is then what he told us. He had already eaten oatmeal and a banana for breakfast, but I guess he was still hungry.
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