After swimming we went to the bookstore over Corwin’s objections. Charles was happy just to be going somewhere in the car. We looked around for a while. Corwin went shopping on the theory that since we were at the bookstore, there must be something he wanted and he was going to find it. Eventually he settled on a Lego Mars Mission set. Mom and Dad weren’t completely thrilled with Corwin’s desire to help the economy, so we told him he could have it only if he gave up TV for the entire weekend. Unexpectedly, Corwin agreed to that condition (which means that Mom gets to watch HGTV all weekend without any Corwin whining). We’ve been concerned for a while that Corwin insists on toys but watches TV instead of playing with them so we thought that maybe we could get him into a different habit. Corwin has been obsessed with the kit since we got home, so we’ve already gotten our money’s worth out of it. The only problem is that the parts are too small for Charles but he’s desparate to play with them because Big Brother is. Charles has been crying and frustrated about this all day, but he’s getting old enough that we need to start differentiating his toys from other people’s toys. Mom and I both went out on errands to keep Charles busy (because going anywhere in the car is good for Charles). But after the last trip Charles seems to be starting to accept that he can’t play with Corwin’s new legos, which is quite a rapid adjustment. I suspect that that is why the twos are so terrible — that’s when children become old enough that they must be told not to do things rather than having Mom and Dad just arrange things out of the way. For the first time, he can do things he shouldn’t. Such trauma! But he’ll get over it.