So Jos hung out for awhile at the house, then headed up north to see Linh (whose brother I work with at KP but only found that out a couple of years ago now). After Jos left, I checked my phone and Dave had texted that he was on his way back already! Yay, I love picking up the kids with a partner. So I told him Jos’ dinner plans and he was all for it, though he wished he had known earlier so he could have stayed up there while I drove with the kids by myself. I’m glad for plan B, so I had a driving buddy (and driver), too. I’ve met him up by myself before, but it was easier to go all together. So we picked up the kids, and headed up. We put a diaper on Peyton just in case, but the teacher told me she was really good today about telling them she had to go potty. Miss Jim said it just happened overnight. Peyton now tells them when she has to go potty. I didn’t want to risk it with the longer drive that we had, so we regressed to the diaper to be safe. I brought them snacks, since it was only 445pm and dinner wasn’t until 630pm. Peyton was second to be picked up, so when I handed her her cheesestick and crackers, she said, “Oh, Bruddah wants his snack!” I told her he already had his snack, but that it was nice she was thinking about him. Both kids were happy to see us in the car, all together after the long week. We got up to SM early, so we went into the pharmacy to let the kids look around at the cheap toy section. Luckily, there was plenty to look out, and we kept them entertained for about a half an hour. We headed over to the restaurant early, and still had to wait for the rest of our party to arrive. Peyton was thirsty, so she had some water while we waited. We brought Peyton’s computer and Brandon’s new activity cards I picked up at the book store today. It’s meant for 5-6 year olds, and Brandon seems to be going through them with some ease. He was reading through the cards in the car. The only problem is that the answers are on the back, so he’s “cheating” on some of them, but he still has to read the answers, so I guess he’s getting reading practice no matter what. He doesn’t like to read when asked, but since these are more like puzzles, he thinks they are fun and doesn’t consider it “work” to read them. Win-win. While at the restaurant, the kids changed activities. I was reading the cards with Peyton, while Brandon was playing with the little computer. Whatever works. They were both sitting in the waiting area playing nicely and being quiet, most importantly. When Suong, Jos and the others arrived, we all took our seats. They had set up the high chair in between the two hot pot areas, so Peyton was going to sit there. Brandon was seated on the far end, since he’s a lefty, and I was sitting to the right of Peyton. Everyone else sat around us, with Jos telling Suong to sit next to me to fill me in, since we hadn’t seen each other since Peyton’s red egg! She was catching me up on all of the recent boy drama. We had to wait for the food to cook so Peyton got to play with the cards for a bit longer. Dave made conversation with the boys, which included Brandon, although he was not making a peep. After Peyton was done eating, I pushed her plate away and told her she could sit quietly and play with her cards or computer. She chose compueter. Brandon was quiet because he was eating and trying new foods. Dave said he really liked the water cress and tried the pork’s blood cubes! OMG, he is SO not my kid. Dave didn’t even eat it. Dave and I said Peyton and Brandon like the exact opposite components of hot pot.
Tofu: Brandon. Peyton spit it out.
Meat: Brandon loves the meatball form, but doesn’t like the shredded version. Peyton – LOVES the shredded meat, while Brandon isn’t a fan.
Watercress: Brandon loved it, but Peyton picked it all out and gave it back to me, when it interfered with her meat or noodles.
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Brandon didn’t eat many noodles today, but Peyton practically only ate noodles. She did eat her broccoli, which I requested we’d order since I knew she’d eat it.
Peyton decided she wanted to get up, and slid out of her chair, Houdini-style. Dave had her, then I took her. She was tired, and kept putting her head down on our shoulder. Later, Jos started paying attention to Brandon, and Peyton wanted to see Bruddah. She hadn’t given Jos the time of day before that, but got jealous when Brandon was spending time with her. We did manage to get some pictures, but only when I was squeezing and tickling her. Brandon gladly gave his aunties a smile in the pictures. We left about 2 hours after we started! I think that may be the longest the kids have ever stayed put. It was dangerous to see other kids running around the restaurant, as I saw one almost crash into a server who was taking our spicy and hot broth away from our table. I told Brandon how he had to sit down the whole time since there were waiters walking around with the hot soup bowls. He understood, and was well-behaved the entire dinner. Peyton was antsy and kept wanting to get down, but when I played with her, and kept her entertained, she was fine. Tung mentioned that the kids were “good kids”, which is surprising to hear from a single guy without kids. I did tell the kids how proud I was of them staying quiet during dinner. Peyton heard the other adults talking about dessert and someone mentioned ice cream. Peyton perked up and said, “I don’t wanna go home.” She didn’t put up too much of a fight. I was surprised both stayed up for the drive home. Brandon went potty before we left, and we didn’t even think about Peyton. Half way through our drive, she said, “Mommy, I have to go potty.” I told her how happy I was that she told me, but that she had to wait until we got home. She told me again, then after another 5 minutes, she said, “I peed.” I gave her my disappointed “Awww…” but told her it was okay (since it was our fault that we didn’t check earlier). When I took her out, she was feeling her pants, and said, “I got my underwear wet.” I told her we’d go inside and change her out of her wet clothes. I didn’t want her to really know that she was in diapers. She later saw it, but at least she thought she was in underwear. I did put her on the potty, and she peed some more. She must have really tried to hold it, which was about 2.5 hours. She also pooped a little after going pee. I gave her the biggest grin and she returned one. I told her how happy I was that she was doing such a great job with the potty. We bathed them quickly (separately), and sent them to bed with a short book each. Let’s hope they sleep in since we have a long day tomorrow!
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