Today, after a very full afternoon of playing with Max while Alice finally napped the hours away(fell asleep in her little easy chair while having a time out for hitting Max) I was feeling desperate for some quiet to pick up the kitchen and cook dinner. As soon as Shawn walked through the door I asked him to take the kids on a walk. Max piped up that he didn't want to go out. I thought to myself "ugh, I just want some peace!". So I told him if he stayed home I'd put him to work. To my surprise he LOVED working. He quietly and thoroughly washed a sink full of dishes, with a smile on his face. The one comment he made was that he loved helping me and loved working. What a sweet boy we have. Sharing the kitchen with him was delightful and turned out to be just what I needed. After dinner we had a delightful walk to our neighborhood grocery together where we picked out some fun things for his lunch tomorrow, and he talked me into a mini candy bar which he ate while we walked home holding hands.
This afternoon we made Halloween decorations, a construction paper pumpkin for our apartment door which he filled in the face on, a skeleton with a witch hat, and the best thing: construction paper cut outs of darth vader and luke skywalker. He watched a third of Star Wars last night for the first time, and he had the costumes down pat as we did our craft project. Then we spent awhile playing games from his Highlights magazine, and having a big snack. He's sure a fun kid to spend a few hours with :)
