I can honestly say that we have the
world’s best kids, and they were on their best behavior today!
This afternoon we met Gammy and Popcube for a performance of
Good Night Moon and The Runaway Bunny, done by the Mermaid Theater of
Nova Scotia. We weren’t sure what to expect with Lex
(we really never are) but he had a blast! They both watched
intently and behaved superbly! This morning Eve insisted on
underwear and went all day with no accidents! Alan even let her
wear them to the show, so we had a few extra bathroom trips,
but no accidents from either of them! (Lex has had a few
(dozen!) accidents himself lately) Lex even paid close
attention to the Q&A; session after the show and was
very interested in the lighting setup. After the show Grandma
invited us to dinner, so we all went and had pizza for dinner.
Lex sat patiently and colored while we ate dinner. Eve explored
a bit, but mostly colored with Grandpa and ate pizza. They were
so amazingly well behaved! On the way home we were debating
about attending a neighborhood party two doors down. We had
RSVPed, but the party had already started by the time we got
home and we were all feeling tired (I was anyway!). I asked the
kids what they wanted to do and they both said PARTY!! So we
parked in the garage and walked down the street. It was mostly
a grownup party, but they were super sweet. Lex circled the nut
bowl on the coffee table like a vulture, both eating nuts as
fast as he could and diligently defending Eve from the dangers.
Eve choose to sit by a cracker bowl and eat as many crackers
with “cream cheese” (turns out it was goat cheese) as she
could. Then we moved to the counter with the grapes and garlic
toast. Like we hadn’t just come from dinner. They both enjoyed
the cookies and we left before there were any tears. The
hostess was very nice and said “they are so sweet and
well-behaved, there’s no need to leave.” I told her that I like
to leave BEFORE the tears, not after! That’s the sign of a good
exit :) Anyway, we had an awesome day! Tomorrow afternoon
Alan’s parents are coming up to visit, so hopefully we can have
a repeat of the good behavior… although that may be asking
too much.

Lex watching the show.

After the show (no photography during the show) the
puppeteers did a Q&A; for the kids.

Popcube and Eve coloring. He drew a picture of Eve,
which is her all time favorite thing to do. Whenever some else
has a crayon/marker/pen/etc. she says “draw
Eve!”