Side note: while I'm writing this Cam is trying to tune his er hu, and get a tolerable tone out of it. Check it out, one of the brothers made it into the blog! Yes I feel guilty for not devoting whole websites to each of them, but they blog on their own. You'll have to figure out what they call themselves on MySpace.com if you want to see what they write.
Today was my third day staying home in the morning with Hui-Hui while Tina went to work. We are actually getting a bit of a routine to our days together. So far it's been nice enough each day that he and I can take Daisy the dog for a little walk. I also like to spend time rolling around on the floor with him listening to music.
He is a really messy eater. I probably could have been better at containing the disaster, but I'd rather spend my energy mopping than battling a two-and-a-half year old over a bowl of Top Ramen. Besides, I got distracted by the woman from the Public Health Department who called right in the middle of our meal. It seems they have been made aware of the little menagerie he's housing in his lower GI tract and wanted to make sure we weren't putting him in daycare or letting him work in restaurants until he's rid of his little friends. And then she and I got all chatty because she told me she had just adopted a daughter from China four months ago. So we each shared a bit of our experiences and she emailed me the link for a Play Group in Whatcom County for Children Adopted From China.
After his lunch I headed him back to bed, and did my best to restore a semblance of order to the house. We read Good Night Moon together and I sang a bit, then I put him in his crib. Like usual, he was happy to lie down, and I left him with the bedroom door open so he could hear me moving around. After about 15 minutes of virtually no noise out of the bedroom I peaked in to see if he was sleeping. Not. He's in there standing at the foot of the bed with all the stuffed animals tossed out, and he's trying to reach the little bedside lamp between our bed and his. He flashes me this look that says, "busted!" and quietly sits down. So I came in and sang to him some more and stroked his head. Such a funny little guy. While I'm busy cleaning, he's in his crib being very quiet and naughty! He didn't want me back there with him, he needed some time to himself.
When Tina got home she took him to visit at the neighbors house and they also got out and used the little swing we hung on the back deck for him.
It was kind of a wacky evening because it's Tina's "Friday" (she doesn't work tomorrow) and she wants to take Hui-Hui up to the Waldorf school for the assembly in the afternoon because it is her former class presenting.
When we did finally get him headed to bed we got out the "Chinese Language For Adoptive Parents" phrases on the computer and played things like "It's time to go to sleep", and "lay down", and "Daddy's tired". He actually seemed to understand this, and got a funny look on his face.
Well now it's time for me to go to bed too.
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