This is a trick that he should have caught onto by now, but so far he hasn't let on that he figured it out. We talk about it and then within a week or two, he has what we talked about.
We talk about plenty of things that he's not getting, but we do talk about the items that will be in the box.
Reminds me of his cousin #A1, whose “terrible twos” was that he said “no” to his mom a couple of times. (He’s very much like his dad … we used to arrange “supervised rebellion” for #Daddy_A so that he wouldn’t wait until his thirties to disobediently try something.)
I did get about half an hour with #sonTwo and his family. They took #GS3 to a field with lots of tall flowers and he got to run between them. Then I walked to the store to replenish my #yogurt supply. When I came back, it was almost bedtime for the two year old, so we had a rushed session.
GS3 is particularly a fan of broccoli 🥦 right now, so they’ve been making sure he has a little every day. He also likes cheese, so tonight he finished his quesadilla while talking to grandpa. I didn’t understand a word he said until time for “bye bye” and “good night”, but he smiled and babbled. I suppose he was probably talking about the field trip.
#GS4 sat quietly and watched the screen where grandpa was. And smiled.
I normally have one with #sonOne and #GD1 and #GD2 (on rare occasions daughter-in-law pops in for a few minutes) Sunday afternoons, but recently, his work schedule has interfered.
I normally have them Fridays and Sundays with #sonTwo and #GS3 and #GS4 (sometimes daughter-in-law, but she's often busy), but we missed tonight's session.
Sessions with #Daddy_A, #A1, #A2, and #A3 are infrequent, and he often has device issues that prevent it. (That is, his iPhone and iPad don't display notifications or make sounds ... he even took the phone in for service; they couldn't correct it, so they replaced it.)
#GS3 thought we were ending the #videochat when the turned on the game, and he asked me not to go away. Of course, I only understand about one word in ten (that will improve as he gets older).
I was trying to arrange a family #videochat because #Daddy_A turned 32 recently, but I don’t think we’ll find a time and date when we can all be on at once. We’ll probably just leave it with the individual phone calls we each had.
I’m probably anticipating too strongly, but today’s schedule includes: * phone call with #Daddy_A and #Little_Boy_A and possibly playing a game together * videochat with brother and his wife + other family members * #videochat with #sonTwo and #GS3 * phone call with #faveNephew * drawing something to send to #GD1 and #GD2 ... the younger granddaughter hasn’t been sending me any of her animations recently.