This morning, we took advantage of the beautiful day and headed to the park so that Brandon could practice t-ball with Dave. Well, he practiced catching and throwing the ball, while I practiced hitting off the tee with Peyton. She had a lot of fun, and really listened to my advice, so much so, that I was afraid of teaching her the wrong thing. I was working on her footwork, positioning her feet toward the tee. She’d look down at her feet, which were improperly placed, then correct herself, without me having to say anything. I was just trying to have her feet not so close together, so I was separating them for her, but other than that, I didn’t want her to learn incorrect form. Especially since I bat on the opposite site of the tee. So, I decided to take her to the park instead to play on the structures, slides and swings. We had a race over there, but she didn’t want me to run ahead too far. Later, Brandon and Dave joined us for a bit. She got more nerve with Brandon around, climbing up the slides that she hadn’t when he wasn’t around. Once she saw him dart up the ladder, she wanted to follow right behind. After we were done, Brandon and I headed back to the car. He said, “Let’s race!” then took off. I must admit, I had to run pretty hard to beat him, but then it only lasted for about 10 seconds. He is totally all about burst energy. He’d stop, say he was tired, then say, “Ok, let’s go!” Again, I had to full out sprint, then he’d tell me to stop. Hopefully that running can get him to first base in time. The diamond was cordoned off, so we weren’t able to take advantage, but we should probably work on getting to first base next time.
We went to lunch, then I told Brandon if he wanted to come out to dinner with me, he had to take a nap. I laid down with Peyton and read my book until she fell asleep. It didn’t take long at all! Not like when I’m really tired (I drank coffee this morning) and want to sleep with her. I should have been filming her, as I used to when she was younger and falling asleep. She twitched a bit, then was out. I snuck over to Brandon’s room, and there was no movement. That definitely means he’s sleeping. I went downstairs to get more into my book, when about 30 minutes later, Brandon joined me. I could tell he was still sleepy, so I had him lie down on the couch, and he fell back asleep. After another 30 minutes, Dave returned from his ride. Brandon woke up as I knew he would, but I told him to let Peyton continue to sleep. Brandon was restless, wanting to go back to his room, but that meant crossing Peyton’s room, so I told him not to. He made a bit of a fuss, but then Dave grabbed him to take a walk with him to the drugstore. When they were gone, Peyton woke up. I heard the initial whine, then I could hear the pitter patter of her feet upstairs as she undoubtedly was looking around for me. I put her out of her misery, and said, “I’m down here!” She said, “Mommy, you were supposed to sleep with me!” She came down, and I swooped her up, and held her. She was much happier, then Dave returned with Brandon. We each took a kid and did kid-specific things with then. Dave helped Brandon put together his latest Ninjago that he’d had a hard time with, while I worked on another puzzle with Peyton. We found out that the puzzle I’d thought was 100 pieces was actually 150! So we did the other one today. Peyton had a snack, while Brandon said he was still full from lunch. That worked out well for our early dinner. I asked him to take a bath before we left, so that he could go straight to sleep when we got back. I think he thought it was weird bathing at 430pm, but he wanted to go, so he did it. He brought some legos and a lego book to keep him busy, then we headed out to meet up with my high school friends. Last time I took Peyton, so it was Brandon’s turn, and he was very excited. We discussed the rules again for dinner, and how he was to show me he could do it, so he would be eligible to go again next time. We got there right at 530pm. Some were already there, but I set him up at the “lefty side” of the table, to my left. We didn’t order dinner until about 6pm or so, but Brandon waited patiently for food. He wasn’t satisfied with the appetizers (chicken satay and curry puff), but did wait until more food arrived. He took a second satay when no one else did, when the server was clearing the dishes and asked if anyone wanted it. Brandon was the first to volunteer. Later, as food came, he ate faster than I could keep his plate stocked. In fact, he had two scoops of rice (he started with brown, then changed to white as we compromised), and had a sample of each of the dishes that came out. I think he must have eaten two plates of food! He told me he was all done, then went back to playing while I caught up with the girls and spouses/significant others. He was content until dessert came. Then he started asking again for more food. I’d given him a small portion of fried banana and mango. I let him try the sugary pancake. He slurped it up, then wanted more. I told him he had to wait until everyone else got their fair share. He did wait, for about two minutes, then asked again. I could tell he was nearing his limit as it was 730pm, and getting close to bedtime. Anthony brought out a plate full of mangos for the kids, and Brandon’s face lit up. The dish was served at the other end of the table, so I told Brandon if he wanted more to take his plate carefully and get it from Josephine, who had portioned some already for her girls. Brandon looked confused by what I was asking him to do. He’s not usually told to leave the table, and I think that’s why he was confused. He walked nicely with two hands on his plate and got his share, a few slices. I couldn’t tell if he thanked her because I couldn’t hear, but she nodded that he did say “Thank you.” He returned and gobbled it up before he’d even sat down. I turned around for a second, then he was getting up again. I thought he was going to buss his plate somewhere, though it would have been odd, but it turns out that he must have given the eye to Josephine who’d invited him back for his last slice. He was happy to have gotten one more, then continued to draw and play with legos. We left after diving up the bill, and headed home. It was already 8pm, and I knew it was already way past his bedtime. Later, the girls were playing around, while Brandon looked disinterested and kept going with his own toys. But he did take notice, when I told him Claire was his age. He said, “Well, how old is she?” We confirmed she was 5, but in kinder like him. Her birthday wasn’t until September. Josephine commented that Brandon seemed so much older, and more mature. I’m glad Brandon was well-behaved tonight. I guess he wants to go back with me again some time!
I was in bed reading this morning, while she was next to me with Dave’s ipad playing with a puzzle. She said, “Mommy, you don’t have an ipad. You can go get one at costco. I like costco (we went yesterday).” Then we were watching the Chinese new year parade replay. There was a coke float, with large coke bottles arranged. She looked at it and said, “Look at the beers!” Nice, Dave. That’s definitely HIS influence. Brandon chimed in and said, “Gong hay coca cola!” Later, after I was recounting to my mom what Brandon had eaten at dinner, he piped in and said, “Can YOU believe THAT!?”
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Note about Peyton: Sadly, she was asleep when we got back at 830pm. But Dave said she was happy to see the glow in the dark puzzle, which I told her she could do when it got to be nighttime. Dave said she was turning on and off the lights and running around to see her puzzle, which wasn’t close to the light switch. I’m tempted to turn off the lights on Dave watching the grammy’s just to see it myself.
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