…was a very long but good day. In the morning, Iain had “It’s Turtle Time” at Penitentiary Glen, which was great fun. They took a box turtle out of his cage and let it walk around on the floor of the Nature Center. Some of the kids loved it and others were TERRIFIED. Iain, obviously, loved it. He REALLY wanted to catch it so…I had to hold him back so…he just did his little crouchy thing and talked to it…like he talks to the bugs outside…it’s seriously the cutest thing ever! He talked to a bee that was having problems on the steps outside on our way back to the picnic tables from the Nature Center…everyone thought it was so cute…’cause it is. He just crouches down with his hands on his thighs and talks to them. It’s silly. He does it to bugs that land on his pool, too. Silly boy. So…that was from 9:30 – 10:30.
People were…once again…amazed Iain would just hold my hand as we walked…he was the only kid of the 12 that were there who did it. I don’t understand what’s the matter with these parents. It’s not difficult. Iain is extremely independent and would LIKE to be running around aimlessly with the other kids BUT…I taught him the second he started walking around in public that he either gets to hold my hand or be carried or go to the car if he throws a fit (which has happened only once…at the library…for some reason he thinks he can run around wherever he wants there) and…since he doesn’t like being carried…he holds my hand. It’s when you give them the option of…either hold my hand or run around aimlessly as I try to direct you to where I need you to go…that you run into problems. No. Either hold my hand or get carried…those are your options babe. And Iain doesn’t mind anymore…he actually grabs for my hand when we start walking now…’cause he knows. These kids will be running around everywhere as we are attempting to get to the Nature Center…wandering off into the parking lot…and their parents just look helpless as they run after them trying to guide them in the right direction like they have no control over them. Hello…you’re their parents! Ah. Annoyingness. This happens every time and it turns a 5 minute walk into a 20 minute walk just because we have to wait for all the wandering kids. There are times to let them wander around outside…and there are times when you need to get somewhere…and they need told hold your hand.
Anyway…after turtle time…we rushed back home ’cause I forgot some things and were off to swim lessons from 11:10 – 11:45. The lesson was, obviously, great fun, as always. He even threw the ping pong ball like he’s supposed to…we can never get him to do that…he thinks he’ll never get it back or something. Silly considering how he is at home. But…yesterday he did that AND he floated around on the whale…which he will never do. He hates floating things…I’m thinking he was either 1) more awake ’cause we did something before hand or 2) more tired ’cause we did something before hand…and therefore didn’t mind floating around as much. AND…have I mentioned he thinks he can swim? Haha. When we’re down at the shallow end where the bigger kids are (we go down there at the end to play with the toys)…the big kids will be playing a game…the instructor will say “go” and Iain will kick off me and try and join the game. He’s silly.
We got home around 12:15…with just enough time to get ready for Ethan to come. Ethan is Iain’s little nine-month-old friend who I watched for 2 hours yesterday. He didn’t much like being left with a “stranger”…I’m not exactly a stranger…I’ve seen him tons of times…but…since babies have little to no memory…and he hasn’t been left with me before…I’m a stranger. BUT…we got through. His mom slipped out unnoticed because he was distracted with a toy…but wasn’t too happy when he looked around and there was no mom. Much screaming ensued but…I put him on the floor with his blanket and he stopped crying…bounced his head on the floor for a few…and…since I figured he was falling asleep…I transfered him to the office…he took a much longer nap than I expected and by the time he woke up…we had half an hour…during which 10 minutes were spent trying to get him to stop screaming for his mom and then I found out that he likes walking around outside (or being carried around outside)…so we took a walk around the driveway till his grandma came to pick him up. He is extremely light compared to Iain…so it was a pretty easy walk…and he enjoyed looking at the trees and the tomatoes. And was even happier…when he saw grandma pull up in her car. Yay for NOT a stranger 🙂 I’m sure he’ll get used to being here eventually. This was taken after his nap during the few seconds I was allowed to put him down…waterworks started a few seconds after I took this…but he stopped when I picked him up. He’s a cutie 🙂
Iain slept through most of that but he was awake when his mom first left and Ethan was crying. He went over to Ethan’s bag…took out his snack…opened the bag…and tried to feed the snacks to Ethan. Iain didn’t understand why he didn’t want them…but put them down and started piling toys around us. Haha. It’s the same thing he does when Ty’s crying…”something has to make them stop…right?” He’s such the little helper 🙂
Anyway…when Iain woke up…we went outside and played in the pool but…it was 5pm (he took a 4 hour nap…I think I wore him out)…the sun wasn’t on the backyard anymore…so he didn’t last long. Well water is COLD!!! Then we had dinner…watched some Fraggle Rock…and it was time for bed. All in all…a long but good day 🙂
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