Boy's weekend
The evening is drawing this weekend to a slow close. It's been a very good weekend by all accounts. Clare spent the weekend participating in a conference called Women of Destiny, which left us boys to our own devices. One might be quite justified to expect havoc to reign, but almost surprisingly, it didn't.
In fact, it was mostly calm. I was a little apprehensive, particularly of the bath time routine. Of late, Ewen has refused my removing him from the bath, drying him down, and dressing him for bed. He responded very favourably this weekend. I suspect it might be that he wasn't quite as tired, so we were able to reason, and he understood my expectations of him. It is this ability to rationalise now that certainly eases some of the frustrations we experience with the boys.
Although, having said that, he's just had one of those unexplained tantrums that only ends by letting time pass. Half an hour has passed and now has gone to bed having read a book and accepted the fact he must wear pyjamas to bed.
Anyway, we did go out together. Saturday morning we did a recycling run where Ewen helped offload the cardboard, and the glass. While we were doing this Iain played in the front seats, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Ewen noticed and preferred to join him leaving the paper and plastics to me. Done is short order. It was off to a bit of play time in the local kiddie park in the village.
Iain tried to slide down the fireman's pole, which starts at his height above the ground. He forgot to move his feet and somehow ended up on his back rather shocked. He responded with a very distraught wail. However, soon after he tried the pole again but with Dad's help this time. The fall was soon forgotten as he joined his brother and two other little boys to play on the slide and swings.
The boys were quite ecstatic to see Mom again when we went to collect her. Their interest soon turned to an adjoining room to the one Mom was in. An Oak Room, chairs hugging the walls, but plenty of empty floor space to run to and fro. And those little legs of Iain's certainly help him keep up with Ewen. Clare thoroughly enjoyed the conference, too!
So a good weekend was had by all, me thinks!
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