Day 249

So yesterday was a pretty good day. It didn't start off so well as I almost got bailed on AGAIN for the movies, but a little persuasion, and Zach and I were on our way.

When we got to the theatre - because of the conversation beforehand - we were in a rush. Zach had to use the washroom so we ran in there, then into line to get our tickets, raced around the pick n mix candy thing, paid, and then hurried over to the popcorn counter where we got his favourite toffee popcorn and a drink. We raced into the theatre where the previews had already started, and got the perfect seats, as there were only 4 other people in there.

The first 15-20 minutes passed, and Zach told me he wanted to leave. He was too scared. I told him to sit on my lap, he was ok for another few minutes, but then said again that he wanted to leave. I said ok, and asked if he was sure and he said maybe he'd try again. We sat there, Robert Downey Jr. turned into Iron Man, and that was that. He was hooked. He remained on my lap however for the rest of the movie, including the bit after the credits.

We went over to Starbucks where I offered to buy him a frappuccino, and lunch. I told him he could have lunch there or McDonald's, his choice. He decided all he wanted was bread and butter, and couldn't understand why Starbucks wouldn't sell that. I told him I'd make it for him when we got back to the house. Well, on our way back to the car, he decided he didn't like the frappuccino, and would save it for his dad. As we turned the car around, I asked if he was holding onto it. He said yes. We did the first roundabout, and on the 2nd, we were just about to turn off and I heard "SPLAT!" followed by "Ew, Ew, Ew, Ew, Ew". I explained to him that there was nothing I could do until I was able to pull over, but he continued to repeat himself. "EW! ew! Ew!". I told him again, pulled into the garden center, and turned around to see the chocolate frappuccino completely out of the cup, and taking over the back mat and his shoe. I tried to clean it up with some plastic bags - as that was all I had - but it didn't really work. I told him he'd have to wait til we got home, and he apologized. I told him it was ok, and we pulled away.

When we arrived at the house, he had fallen asleep. I opened the door, and went to lift him out. First I took off his shoe, then, as I got him out of his car seat, the bag had hooked onto his other foot, and I now had chocolate frappuccino dripping all over my only worn once nice white Bench shoes. CRAP! I shook the bag off his foot, it fell to the ground, and I took him inside. I laid him on the couch and began taking his sock off. He woke up and asked why I was taking it off. I told him it was cuz it had chocolate from the frappuccino on it. He got the cutest little smile and said "oh...sorry about that!" I laughed and told him it was ok, and that I enjoyed spending the day with him. I gave him a kiss, and went outside to clean the inside of the car. It was something I'd been wanting to do forever, and we finally had the weather.

3 hours later, vacuumed out, and wiped down, I was finished! I can't even tell you how dirty it was, only that it took a while to get the dirt off my fingers. Josh had come out and said "It's clean for the first time ever!" Which made me smile. I went inside for dinner - we were having fish and chips - and then the boys and I sat down to watch some TV for a minute. Nathaniel decided he wanted to be read to instead of watching TV, so I took him and Zach up to bed, read to them for 10 minutes, and then it was time for Josh to come up. Zach asked me to lie with him, so I did, and just moments later, Nathaniel was afraid he had a splinter in his foot. I took him downstairs, and we examined it. After poking around with the tweezers, I was unable to figure out what the little white speck was. He told me he could wait til tomorrow, and I took him back upstairs. - Heloise and Tim had gone to a friend's for dinner before all this. I was babysitting - I laid back down with Zach, as Nathaniel asked me to stay in there, and when Zach fell asleep about 2 minutes after, I got up to leave. Nathaniel asked me to stay, but I told him I had to go talk to my parents.

I got my computer and went downstairs. I got to talk to my Mom on Skype, and attempted to watch a movie, but some unfortunate events happened - to do with a spider - that I would rather not relive, and I ended up in my room. I finally fell asleep around 1:30. xx