Today was much better despite the continued rain. I think it’s rained every day but one or two since about a week ago Monday. Today we went in search of the elusive squash plant (I had two but B broke one just as I was getting ready to plant it; I have one garden centre left to check and I’ll be out of luck for this season) and were unsuccessful. We then went to the bulk food store in search of muscovado sugar and had to settle for turbinado instead. Maybe I’ll order the muscovado online. And then, even knowing I was pushing it (he was awesome though), we went to the library because his books were due today and we ended up getting a couple of videos for him despite our new TV-free household.

On Monday I unscrewed the cable from the splitter to the TV (leaving the cable for the internet attached). When he woke up that morning and came upstairs, he automatically went to the TV first and even though I had told him the night before that I would have the TV unplugged in the morning, he was surprised. He wanted to know how I’d done it so he could fix it. Apart from today, each time he woke up in the morning or from a nap, he’d come up and turn on the TV, presumably hoping that it would work. I don’t mind so much if he watches a movie or two; movies take up far less time in a day than the TV did.

My silly sweet (and oft incredibly frustrating!) boy just as we pulled up to the library:

Hi, B.

Catching the wrong part of his cheese face.

"I’m frhee!"