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<\/a><\/p>\nToday has been a weird one.\u00a0 We woke up around the normal time, the kids got themselves dressed, but then Lex decided his shirt wasn’t comfortable and the day went down hill from there.\u00a0 Yes, downhill from 6:30am.\u00a0 Temporarily.\u00a0 His shirt had an iron-on type graphic on the front which he didn’t think was comfortable (can’t say I blame him).\u00a0 I sent him upstairs for a new shirt, but instead he had a total meltdown.\u00a0 Refused all 13 (yes, 13!) t-shirts in his drawer.\u00a0 Why? “They don’t look right.” Sadly he can’t define “right” for me. Then he took off his shorts.\u00a0 I ended up fighting with him to just put something on.\u00a0 Anything!\u00a0 I told him long sleeves were fine, short sleeves, pjs, whatever, anything.\u00a0 His reply was clear, “I will not!”\u00a0 So he missed school this morning and Eve and I missed our playdate.\u00a0 I told him if he wasn’t in school then he had to stay in his room, so there he stayed until 10am when I finally let Eve play with him.\u00a0 Eve and I had just finished exercising and I needed a shower, so I figured it would be better to let them play instead of turning on the TV for her.\u00a0 So from 10-11:30 they played together upstairs.\u00a0 Very happily.\u00a0 It was weird.\u00a0 Then we had lunch, stories and an easy nap.\u00a0 I didn’t feel like yesterday was that busy, but perhaps the excitement of his birthday was enough to exhaust him.\u00a0 I don’t know.\u00a0 He is one puzzle after another.\u00a0 We have swimming lessons this afternoon so we’ll see how that goes.\u00a0 I’m not going to force him into the water, but hopefully he’ll at least come along nicely so she can have her lesson.\u00a0 Or maybe he’ll be raring to go and eager to swim.\u00a0 You just never know!<\/p>\n
He asked last night if he could invite his classmates to his party this weekend.\u00a0 I said no because we had discussed the idea of a class party for a few weeks and he eventually decided not to have one, now it’s too late.\u00a0 Then he asked if he could just have a few kids.\u00a0 I said I’d think about it, but this morning’s behavior was giving Alan and I flashbacks to last year’s party so we decided no extra guests!\u00a0 We have a few kids already coming that will be enough.\u00a0 I hope.<\/p>\n
Here are a few pictures and a video of how Eve and I entertained ourselves on this unexpected morning at home.<\/p>\n