Monday play

When I picked Ian up from school on Monday, his friend Harper announced that she wanted to go home with Ian. Since we didn't really have any other plans, I said that was OK with me. So we brought her home with us. It's incredible how much difference there is between girl energy and boy energy! No running, no lightsaber battles, no killing each other, no killing me.... She and Ian still had a good time, though. I'm glad he can play well with both girls and boys. They colored, they made greeting cards with lots of stickers, decorated themselves with temporary tattoos and played outside in the fort.

After Harper left, Ian spent a bunch of time playing games on my computer. He loves the Ben 10 games, although I really have to help him with them. He's at a tough stage where the easier "preschool" games don't interest him any more, but the next level of games are pretty tough. A lot of the games for older kids require you to both move and shoot (or do other complicated actions, like climbing or jumping) at the same time, so I usually help out with the walking. We both get frustrated pretty easily, though! I know that someday soon he'll disappear into the world of video games and not need or want me any more, so I try to be patient.