It seems Eve was a little terror yesterday. Jack was playing very well, & Eve would not let him have a moment’s peace, but still he did not really react to provocation… Louise got him doing some Xmas cards for his friends at school & Eve was making it very difficult – wanting the book he was writing on or the pencil/pen he was using – things like that. When I called home to tell Louise I would be a tad late home from Work Jack answered the phone when I called with a quite responsible “who is it?” . You wouldn’t think he was just 4. Louise was a bit non-plussed at my bad timing as things were just getting a little hectic. Jack was unwilling to give the phone to her to start with, but did surrender in the end. When I had the shopping list I spoke to Jack again & he complained that Eve had stood on his arm… I would imagine that this would have been when he was trying to write or draw. He wanted to chat a while, but I had to tell him that daddy had to go. He does not quite have phone etiquette yet as he just put the phone down me. I could hear him say (rather forlornly) in the background to Louise, “Daddy had to go…” <Click>
Sigh – heartbreaking.