How he spent the first day in our new place

There are new creaks and noises to get used to and many things to learn about our new place (note to self: do not run the dishwasher a) at night and #2) immediately before entering the shower). But the good news is, we woke up here in (relatively) good spirits after a (short but) good night's sleep.

Lil E is on the fence about whether this place is better than Grandma and Grandpa's house. OK, who am I kidding? He flat-out said, "Grandma and Grandpa's house is just so. much. more. fun." This was after asking how long we have to live here. And he was so deadpan, I knew he was as serious as naptime. Preschoolers -- they're a tough crowd, man. And the only response is laughter. It is seriously the only consistent thing that gets us through.

Lil E must think Grandma and Grandpa's house is a big party because there, he does a lot of cable TV watching and elbow pinching (shhht, it's his quirky thing) while sitting in the big leather armchair. Here, he apparently thinks he's living in some sort of sweatshop work camp. God help me if the underage permit people come around before all these boxes are unpacked.

It was like there was a list in his ever-cranking brain of things that must be done. I am pretty sure it was scrawled out in his mind like this:

(Lil E's list after the jump)

1. Take all toys from new room and use them to mark territory in every
other room. Use technique employed by daddy, but with plastic trucks
and tools and not stinky sneakers and fraternity t-shirts.

2.  If necessary, dump full bins of toys in the middle of the room as an aggressive offensive move toward total floor take-over.
3.  Solve a mystery in the new apartment. (Those are his words, not mine).

4.  Revision -- Solve some kind of construction-related mystery in the new apartment. 

5.  Gather all favored babies and make them sit in harder, rockier,
less over-stuffed version of big leather chair in new apartment to
watch cable TV and pinch their less-pliable non-existent "elbows." 

6.  Make saintly face while secretly strategizing how to bring
more favored babies into the family and how to make Mommy carry them
back and forth from the car to the grocery store to co-op to daycare to
Grandma and Grandpa's house, where it is clearly more fun. (What can I
say? The kid's the Mia Farrow of stuffed animal adoption).

[photo credit: Jessica Ashley]

Comments

[Tracy]

He is just way too cute!

[Shaunda Devins]

Wow! Your son looks like a very nice boy, and he's exceptionally handsome. Pretty soon, he would be able to adjust to your new place. It'll take time, though, but he will be fine once he gets to have new friends or playmates.