My oldest has been bickering with our visitor from the Fresh Air Fund (heretofore, D.), and vice-versa. I think there's a bit of jealousy there, in both directions.
D has been of mixed emotions: he's a bit afraid of being in an environment where he can't excel fairly quickly. He loves to shoot hoops, but doesn't want to go to the skate park. He's happy to go swimming in the community pool, (even though he can't swim that well, the pool is quite shallow over a large area... we've gotten him lessons, which he likes). Tennis is out. Overall, he's a sweet and engaging kid.
All of our animals just ADORE hiim. My two other children also think he's aces.
I took my oldest out for dinner tonight. Solo. I felt it was important for us to have some alone time.,I'll be going out solo witih D on Monday evening. While we were out, we stopped at the bookstore and my oldest, knowing how much D likes the NBA, bought him a book of Basketball Top 10 lists. It was very well received.
D spoke to his Mom tonight. It was really interesting to hear him describe our house and family. When I put him to bed, he wasn't talking. I said "Are you sad?" He nodded. I said "Do you miss your Mom?" He nodded again, and single, bright tear snuck out of the corner of his eye, and crept down his cheek.
"D," I said. "Here's the deal. We've only got you for six more days, and you'll be back with your Mom. And MAN, are we glad to have you in our house. Six days, and you're home. So I'm gonna make sure I enjoy having you around, since it's such a short period of time."
After that, I can't exactly tell you what I did: only that it invovled a spontaneous dance, a fake seizure, and an elaborate pratfall that left my oldest and d. smiling widely and clearly thinking: "What a strange yet entertaining man."
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Fucking hilarious! I hope D continues to have a wonderful time at your home, and your other kids aren't too jealous.
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