Xak stayed overnight during the long weekend.  24 hours!  And he actually slept for almost 12 of them….  He’s three now, and much more verbal (and easier to understand).  His passionate interests have expanded from Trains to include Rockets.  His favorite question is “What are you doing?”  He calls me Abecca, so every time I did anything at all, I would hear, “Abecca watchoodoin?”

We played outside for a while, blowing bubbles, kicking a ball, and spraying each other with a hose.  We drew train-tracks on the front walk for the toy trains to follow.  We watched some “Timmy Time,” which is not bad in the range of shows aimed at toddlers, and although I set up a cot for him at bedtime he declared “THIS my bed!”  and climbed up in MY bed…  so I let him fall asleep there.

Xak-in-a-box…