Streamers

Levi is super excited about his birthday party. Consequently he spends an inordinate amount of time 'preparing'. At the moment he is obsessing over streamers, that he cuts out and sticks with tape to furniture, walls, doors and really anything else. It is getting painful, as there are little bits of cut up paper everywhere. At the same time he has gone through a roll of tape. He has a rule for birthdays that he is only allowed to have over as many friends as he is in age. This year he has 5 friends. I want to make it fun and not so much a production line. Interestingly he has a bunch of friends that are much older, so they get to come for free.

We had a day where Levi was pretty hyped up and expected to be entertained all day. It is just not how I prefer to work, so we were a little at odds today. I don't really like days like that but I think that everyone has them. No one gets on with anyone all the time is how I see it. I gave him a big cuddle tonight and told him I would try to be less grumpy tomorrow. He said that he would try to listen more. Then I gave him 40 hugs and he went happily to sleep. It would be great if all disagreements were that easily fixed.

He has a very specific night time routine. He has a shower and then we do 2 stories, or flash cards (whatever the flavour of the month is). Next we talk about our day, mostly with his finger in my belly button. What we did, somethings bad or good. If the day wasn't interesting enough, we are allowed to make it up. We could have gone to the moon or to the bottom of the sea, if we wanted to. Then we have cuddles, a different number each night. It is a beautiful way to say Goodnight and generally repairs anything we need repaired (like tonight). I hope that it continues.