Siblings – once you have them, you can’t live with them, and you can’t live without them, right? Brandon and Peyton were watching TS3 for the 3rd time this weekend, while I was taking out the recycling. Dave was already outside washing the car in the rain (he is trying to be green 😉 ). I went back in the house, not 5 seconds later, and Peyton was holding her hand to her eye. “Eye! Bruddah,” pointing to Brandon. “Hit. Eye.” Somehow he always manages to hit her in the eye. Or that’s the only part of her face she knows under times of stress. After comforting the victim, I asked Brandon to tell me what happened. He said, “I didn’t hit her in the eye, I hit her in the eyes.” Great, that’s better. He said she was trying to take a lego away, and he grabbed it back. He then let go, and it smacked her in the face. That’s when the community service started, and he was instructed to put the legos back upstairs. He had to pick up her toys and bring them back for her. No sooner did Brandon disappear, when Peyton said, “Bruddah! Where are you?” Oh well, at least she forgives quickly.
Today was the day we were supposed to gain an hour of sleep. Someone forgot to tell my kids, who woke up at 530am (normally it’s 630-7am), but with the time change, it was waaay too early. Dave was a bit of a softy, and let them get up and wake up by 630am, saying it’s not really their fault, since the time changed, not their routine. It did give us plenty of time to get up and do some errands before the twins’ birthday party. We went to get a warm drink because of the rain. We ended up trying the salty caramel milk chocolate, but in the end, decided we should reduce our dietary sodium intake and cut out the salt of the “salty” caramel. We thought it’d be mixed into the caramel, however it was added after the fact, so we decided against it. We split a large drink, so we had enough to give a little to the kids. Brandon got his own cup, while Peyton got the first two sips of mine. It took two sips, because the first she spit out all over herself. I thought it was because it was too hot, but after feeling it myself, I knew it was because she’d never had it before, and didn’t know what it was she was drinking. I asked her if she wanted to try again, and she nodded. This time, she drank it, and had a ring of chocolate all over her mouth. Her response, “It’s good,” with a smile. I told her, “All done,” and “Mommy’s drink,” while I continued to drink it. She looked over at Brandon and Dave drinking from their cups, and got a little sad. Not enough to cry or even pout, just got serious. And looked away. She didn’t ask for another sip. We looked at a few knick knacks and toys, and each time she’d look, when she was done, she’d hold it out and said, “Back.” Glad we don’t get into meltdowns with toys with either kid. We then left for the grocery store. Dave had some yogurt for Brandon. Before we had gotten Peyton’s yogurt, she said, “I want yogurt, too.” She got to pick her flavor (blueberry over peach). We went back home, and then headed off to the party. I was hoping Brandon would sit and do some mazes, since it was rainy and I figured they wouldn’t have a lot of toys his age there. I was right about not having his age toys, but he didn’t really get into the books we already had. We weren’t able to bring any new activity books, and he’s done most of the things in the book we have. Peyton had a blast playing on the twins’ toys, especially the slide that Michelle had gotten them for their birthday. She could climb up on her own, and when she slid, she took an extra two bumps at the end. She got some air! It made things easier when I took her tights off. It seems Brandon and Tyson have a connection. Thuy noticed it from last week at Mckayla’s and again today. Brandon always plays with Tyson, and Tyson goes to find Brandon. Brandon doesn’t know how to distinguish him from the hat, but it’s always Tyson who will be playing with Brandon. He is gentle with him, and they place nicely together. At one point, Tyson wasn’t around, so Thai asked Brandon if he wanted to play with Tyler, who was in Thai’s arms at the time. Thai put Tyler down, and Brandon just shook his head no. Tyler put his hand against Brandon’s chest as if to say the same thing. Haha… I guess the feeling was mutual. Both kids got to eat cake (sugar-loaded day). Peyton got a few spoonfuls, then I told her she was all done. She gave me the same face that she had earlier with the hot chocolate, and willingly relinquished her spoon when I told her she was done.
We got them home, and Brandon stayed awake in the car and was able to take a nap when he got home. Peyton took a nap in the car, but did not nap when we got back. After dinner, she got to eat her yogurt. She said, “Mommy elp (help) you,” and handed me her spoon. She finished eating, and right around 610pm, started heading upstairs, saying, “Bye!” Dave followed her cue for a bath. Still on yesterday’s time zone. I stayed with Brandon who was finishing up dinner. He was still going strong, having taken a nap, and had his yogurt and the rest of the pumpkin seeds we had toasted from last week. He’s going to get plenty of fiber, since he eats them whole. When Brandon was done, Dave and I switched kids. I started reading to Peyton, who had wrapped her hands around my neck, kissed me, and said, “Mommy miss you.” I’m not sure if it is “Mommy, miss you,” or “Mommy miss you,” but either way, it is incredibly sweet.
After Brandon was done, I went to kiss him goodnight. He has a mini skateboard that he made of legos; it mimics the one that is offered in a happy meal, with the exception of the movie logo. Alessandro brought the happy meal version in for share day, and Brandon did some trick with it. Alessandro said, “Cool! How did you do that?” Brandon had just thumped it really hard on one end and made it flip up into the air. Dave thinks we should just get him one, since it’s sad to see him with the homemade one. I told Dave it was Brandon being resourceful, and we shouldn’t take that away from him by getting him the real thing.
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Here is one picture from this weekend, when Peyton came up to me, already wrapped up, “Yook, Mommy!” At one point, she had it over her head, and she looked like a sandcrawler.
