"We're going to have another boy," Ivan told me today when I went to get him after he woke up from his nap and was sitting dazed on the bed, growling for us to come.
"Allen's growing up. He's not a baby," Ivan continued as we started descending the stairs.
"We're going to have another baby," he said.
He totally spooked me. I guess he dreamed about it, but still, it sounded so prophetic.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Haemin's last day
This past Wednesday was Haemin's last day at preschool. They had a party for her to send her off.
"We had a ce-le-bra-tion, not a party," Ivan corrected me, when I asked about it.
Haemin is moving back to Korea with her parents.
Beyond saying it was a celebration, Ivan didn't seem to react much. We'll see.
When Maddie left in December, he kept talking about it. He even brought it up in the last few weeks, when we were playing waterfall mountain and sailed to Taiwan. "Why to Taiwan," I asked. "Because Maddie is there. Maddie is no longer at preschool," Ivan said.
In February, when we were looking at his school picture to see which kids he'd invite to the party, he systematically went child by child, and then when he came to Maddie he paused. "Maddie can't come to my party," he said. "Maddie's in Taiwan." The way he did that, it was also as if he were angry and upset.
And now Haemin is leaving, too. Maddie and Haemin were the first two kids he befriended in preschool. And Maddie and Haemin were really close too.
Haemin's dad told me in the fall that every time he picks her up from preschool that she's on the playground chasing Ivan.
I know he has other friends now and seems to be playing a lot with David and Noah, Akiva and Andre.
So maybe I'm just reading too much into it. Maybe he's not concerned nor upset about it. Maybe it's me. What are the odds that two kids he gets close to end up leaving.
"We had a ce-le-bra-tion, not a party," Ivan corrected me, when I asked about it.
Haemin is moving back to Korea with her parents.
Beyond saying it was a celebration, Ivan didn't seem to react much. We'll see.
When Maddie left in December, he kept talking about it. He even brought it up in the last few weeks, when we were playing waterfall mountain and sailed to Taiwan. "Why to Taiwan," I asked. "Because Maddie is there. Maddie is no longer at preschool," Ivan said.
In February, when we were looking at his school picture to see which kids he'd invite to the party, he systematically went child by child, and then when he came to Maddie he paused. "Maddie can't come to my party," he said. "Maddie's in Taiwan." The way he did that, it was also as if he were angry and upset.
And now Haemin is leaving, too. Maddie and Haemin were the first two kids he befriended in preschool. And Maddie and Haemin were really close too.
Haemin's dad told me in the fall that every time he picks her up from preschool that she's on the playground chasing Ivan.
I know he has other friends now and seems to be playing a lot with David and Noah, Akiva and Andre.
So maybe I'm just reading too much into it. Maybe he's not concerned nor upset about it. Maybe it's me. What are the odds that two kids he gets close to end up leaving.
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| Ivan, Haemin and Maddie in December at the art gallery day. |
Mother's Day Card
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I got a handmade Mother's Day card. It was a collaborative effort between Ivan and Allen, initiated and supervised by Andy.
Ivan drew "corn and baby ostrich"--Andy and I are clueless where he got those references--while Allen scribbled.
Reconstruction of dialogue, as narrated by Andy:
"Allen, do you want a crayon?," Andy asked.
"Dah."
He scribbled.
"Do you want another crayon?," Andy asked.
"Dah."
He scribbled.
"Do you want another crayon?"
"Dah."
"No, Allen, that's my side!" Ivan yelled. "You can't come to my side."
"OK. Ivan. I'll put my hand to block him," Andy mediated.
"That's corn and baby ostrich," Ivan explained.
What did we do today: I slept in, and then we had a busy non-mother's day day. First, the boys went to Leila's birthday party at the Wheaton train, where they had a blast, while I attended Kris's baby naming ceremony for Lola at WES. Then I picked them up and we went to Kris's for lunch. By the end of the day, the boys were exhausted, but they had a blast.
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