Boys and Toys

Well, it's Thursday and I am almost done with this crazy week.  And crazy it's been.   Last night after work, Andrew and I went and got his haircut - he did so good.  Then came home had dinner, gave Andrew a tub (see post below) and worked around the house.   We are having friends of ours come over tonight to help Marc paint, so we had to clean and move furniture and tape etc...    Marc was a doll and came home early and already had a good jump on things before we even got home.  Yet we still were working until 9:30-10 last night.

 

Oh and before we could tape, Marc had to run to the store and by painter's tape.  Well, it's 8:15pm (only 15 minutes before Andrew's bedtime) and I joke about him taking kiddo along not thinking in a million years that he'd agree.   And he did.  So I bundled Andrew up and he went with Daddy to the store, while I actually got about 45 minutes to myself.  Granted I work on the house that time, but it was nice to crank the radio and actually get 45 minutes worth of work done instead of the usual 5 minutes worth. 

 

Now the reason it took them 45 minutes when the store is only 5 minutes away, is because somehow they got lost in the toy department (which is nowhere near the paint department).   And somehow, Andrew came home with a brand new fire truck with a ladder that raises and a button that make a siren and sings a fire hero song.   So of course, even though they got home past Andrew's bedtime, he can't go straight to bed because, well, there is this brand new toy that both boys are dying to get out of the package. 

 

The thing is, Andrew hasn't quite figured out how to push the button the make it sing/siren.  It's different button, almost like a switch that you have to push down, but looks like you have to push in, so he hasn't quite got the hang of it.   But he wants the music going all the time.  So, one of us will push it, he will take off with the truck, pushing it all over the floor until the music stops.  Then he picks it up and brings it back to us to push again.  And the song/siren isn't that long.    I will be thankful when he learns to do it himself....I think.