I really meant to write something every other day at the least but I have Lyme Disease and it's affecting my arms the most. My computer is set up to fit in it's space not to be ergonomically correct so the keyboard is higher then it should be and typing has been tough. I am on the mend though so will take some time to catch up a bit.
The last few weeks have been emotional and stressful. The year-end stuff is just designed to make a parent tear up and with gymnastics, preschool and baseball there have been a bunch of these things. In addition, my sister and her husband are in the process of adopting the absolutely sweetest boy on earth. They had some very stressful legal wrangling that occupied everyone's thoughts until it was concluded, positively, last Wednesday. I feel like I'm on vacation now from all the high emotion.
While your emotions are already at peak it makes you more sensitive to the issues surrounding your kids. Like watching how serious Liam takes the game of baseball. I am intermittently very proud of how dedicated he is, how much research and study he puts into it as well as how much he practices. Then I get nervous that he is too intense and narrowing his focus too much for a 5 year old. I don't know who you consult on issues like this but would love to talk to someone who can tell me what is a healthy level of dedication for a kid his age.
Liam literally eats, sleep and breathes baseball. An off day for the Yankees is hell for us because he watches baseball classics. It's painful to watch some 1970's game, the hair, the grainy video and gravely voices, those awful tight uniforms. I hate it. I try to keep him playing more then watching but the rain has been making it very hard. Liam also plays Wii baseball all the time and then wants me to sit and watch his "highlight reel" from the "game".
If he does make it to the pros he better thank me in every interview he does. The watching and waiting and driving and answering endless baseball questions (some impossible to answer without a computer feed to MLB). I adore watching him play though. He takes it so seriously and does not appreciate that other kids may not be as intense. You can see him silently fuming when a kid sits on the pitcher's mound to play in the dirt. He rolls the ball to some kids while trying to make a play rather then throw it overhand because he said he knows that particular kid can't catch it. I am a bit fearful of the days when they start keeping score. I try to remind him that he will be a more successful ball player if he's a good guy to have "in the clubhouse". He needs to be a leader but that means being a good team player. Don't call people out in front of everyone. Don't get upset with people for making mistakes, be a good sport. This is the hard part for him. I'd like him to play with slightly older kids so he can see how they treat him when he messes up.
For Seamus' part all this rain has made him very bored and a very bored Seamus is a LOT of work. He likes to go in drawers and cupboards and take something out and leave it somewhere else. It could be anything. I find the oddest things in the oddest places. One afternoon I found a cordial glass on the toilet. The lid wasn't shut, it was right there on the actual seat, waiting to topple in. I find measuring spoons in the dogs dishes and spoons "planted" in my potted plants. It's a full time job following him around putting things back where they go, rewashing things over and over.
In attempting to entertain himself he entertains us quite well. He came to me and asked me to see what's wrong with the TV. I went to look and found nothing wrong (other then that he colored on the screen with crayon). I asked him what he thought was wrong and he said "When I scratch my head the whole TV shakes". Then he laughs and runs away.
I also found him trying to put diaper cream on himself. He wiped his hands on my desk to get rid of the extra. He also found my Pedegg and said "I just need to use this to get the crust off my foot". I have not used the Pedegg since he gave me that visual.
So now we are on our last day of rain before summer really gets into full swing. I am starting to feel better. The boys' sinus infections are getting better and we are ready to make some great summer memories.
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