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K is a bookworm and a homebody, but get him out the door and engaged and he is content for hours. I pried him away from cartoons for a walk to the waterfalls, where the creek won out over his Kindle. At least until the Kindle's siren song called him back.
K rarely wants to leave the house. Bookworm and homebody describe him well, and I don't mean that pejoratively. Interestingly though, if I can get him out of the house and engaged, even briefly, in some activity, he will be content seemingly for hours. Of course, at precisely the wrong time, J will exclaim that she needs to go home because she didn’t empty her bladder before our departure, in defiance to explicit instructions. It’s difficult to argue with that, no matter how frustrating it can be.
Why do I bring this up?
This morning, S reminded me that she was headed to Costco with W. Also, H wanted to go with her “by himself”. I nodded. I wrapped up the tedious work I am loathe to do — designing ad creatives for an app (why can’t I just program?!) — and told the kids that cartoon time was over when that particular Jetsons episode concluded. I was hoping to go running this morning; those plans had been dashed. I informed K, J and A that we were going on a walk. We packed up some snacks and headed down to the trails, past the waterwheel and to a historic log cabin that’s got some picnic benches and rocking chairs. On the way back we stopped at the waterfalls. It didn’t take K long to find opportunities to race leaves down the creek, explore boulders, build dams and so on. He had no interest in the Kindle I suggested he bring.
Well, eventually the Kindle's siren song caught him and he returned to reading. One cannot separate those two for long.
