Our Little Man of Leisure
Gabriel is our Little Man of Leisure. Particularly on a return-to-work Monday, I envied the following:- He got to stay in his pjs all day. Granted, I was in my pjs until early afternoon yesterday, but it's just not the same as all day.
- The thing that upset him while I was home for lunch? Mom said he had enough Nintendo DS time (plus an hour on the game cabinet). He got upset and put himself in time out, cooling off in his room for a bit. He emerged cheerily in about fifteen minutes.
- He got tons of time with Mom and Hannah. Hannah is in a pretty good mood & ready to play.
- He had rice cakes for breakfast and cereal for lunch (both his choices). Very leisurely choices if I may say so.
- He got to play in his imagination for a good part of the day, bringing toys, Mom, Hannah, and imaginary friends along for the journey.
Granted, I'm up and he's in bed. He tried to negotiate that one, too. "How about if I go to bed when you're ready to go to bed?" Mom and I vetoed this idea. I still hear him pacing around his room, though, replaying his leisurely day out loud, sharing it with me through a shared wall in the adjacent office.
-- Dad
