Temple Recommend Renewal

Evan's temple recommend was about to expire, so I set up an appointment to get it renewed at the Stake Center. Evan called me one hour before the time we agreed to meet telling me he was ready, waiting for me at the T stop, and where was I? I told him I was still in my meeting, would be ready at our agreed-upon time, and perhaps he could wait at the library?

When we did meet up with just enough time to get to the church five minutes early, I was wearing chinos, brown dress boots, and a button up shirt. Evan was wearing flip flops, shorts, and our pink family reunion shirt.

So we went.

Arriving at the church, we swapped wardrobes. Wearing my pants and shirt with the legs and sleeves rolled up, Evan looked presentable as he walked into the Stake Presidency's office. Wearing his shorts but my socks and t-shirt, I did not look presentable as I hid in a classroom.

Revolutionary Connections

Evan and I went to Concord for some Revolutionary War experiences. As I tried to explain the North Bridge and which country was on which side, Evan started asking me questions:

• Did Captain American fight in the War of Independence?
• Are X-men soldiers buried here?
• Americans fought the British, like Pirates of the Caribbean?
• England came on boats across the Atlantic. Oh, we saw that [i.e. the Atlantic Ocean] on Thursday in Rhode Island.

Later, when we stopped by Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, he asked,

• Is this Sleeping Beauty?
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows?

Partners in Choices

I am trying to be better at incorporating Evan's preferences into our daily decision-making process. It isn't working well.

M: Do you want to stay in DC or drive to Richmond?

E: Yes.

M: Which one?

E: Sure.

M: Stay in DC?

E: Maybe.

M: Go to Richmond?

E: Maybe.

Thanks, Mom, for dinner

We used Mom's credit card to pay for a dinner. I said, Thanks Mom. Evan said, What Mom? She did not make this.

True.

Dangerous Movies

We recently visited our nieces and nephew in Wisconsin. Planning a movie to watch that night, Evan forbid using his own. "Can't watch my movies! Too dangerous for kids!"

Even More Texts

Evan and I have done a lot of joint travel in the past years. He gets bothered when he doesn't come along. I've started to get him some movies and books to be delivered when I leave. This was a bad precedent to start. I've been inundated with requests for DVDs the past few days. Today, he asked: "Is my packers day get tomorrow." He wanted to know if his package would arrive tomorrow since I was leaving tomorrow. Sadly, it wont come until early next week.

Church History

Direct quote: I watched Prince of Egypt years ago. In Boston. In Watertown. On Netflix. Yeah, it's church history.

Yes. Yes it is.

Texting, not calling

When Evan texts me, his message is often not clear nor understandable. So I often call him back instead of guessing. As a result, now when I text Evan he calls me back and asks me what I want. My texts are clear and understandable. I want him to read them. He is matching my behavior, which is both acceptable and ridiculous.

In a rare texting conversation without calling interruptions, we planned part of our return to Boston as follows:

E: I me park stree get poster me come back evan

M: what poster

E: my work

M: MIT or state Capitol

E: About you want a anything

M: Ok

E: You lot do thing get back boston

M: What things?

E: Mit homework

For Parker

Evan has loved "Shake It Up, Chicago" for a while, and Zendaya's amazingly repetitive song "Replay" is a new favorite. Apparently Parker introduced him to it, and Evan now wants to listen to it again and again. So when driving home last week, he made a music request. 

Can we play replay music? For Parker?

Yes. For Parker, we can.

I am on the internet

I showed Evan the BYU Computer Science homepage. He asked me, Oh, have you met that guy here in Boston? 

Then, Hey, that's you! Why are you on the internet?