Night Antics

Today I worked in the yard and worked inside.  The yard stuff was easier.  The grass grows faster than I can keep up at the moment and I struggle to keep it down enough to make the yards and the farm safe and level for Jo to work on the farm.  It is back breaking work but mind numbing and I can crank the ipod and lose myself in the work.  The inside work was helping Levi with his homework.  It is still a little like pulling teeth and Levi drags his feet and grumbles and complains about having to do it.  He doesn't have a lot of problem once he actually decides to put pencil to paper but getting him there is incredibly difficult.  The good news is that it wasn't as hard as the first time and I anticipate that homework will become easier and quicker as the fight goes out of him!

Tonight Levi decided that he wanted to sleep in the cubby by himself.  He (and I) cleaned it out and swept out the dust.  We carried up bedding and pillows and multiple flashlights.  We did his reading up there and then I went around the outside of my house rather than straight in.  I had toad killing spray and figured that I would knock a few off on my way into the house.  It took me, maybe three minutes to walk around.  When I got in through the front door, Levi met me inside.  He had come in through the back door.  Already!

"There are spiders out there!"

"Are they big ones?" I asked.

"They have big heads"

"Do you want me to go out and get rid of them?"

No there are other noises out there too"

Yep I think that whole idea was fraught but he had to work that out for himself!  Now he is in bed inside again and was asleep in about three seconds.  Poor little man!