What an adventure.... Alexia and I had a very rewarding day which began with total distress. (Well the day began great because we had nice long naps... but then it turned to stress when we realized we had no clue how to get to the beach...) We wanted to take Paul to Sitges which is about 30 minutes South... but we had to figure out the train route which took a while but we got it. Took the 22 bus to pick up Paul... literally baked our brains in the heat walking up the hill to his school... took the 78 bus to the train station... and hopped on the train to Sitges... As you see it's already a lot of confusion.
Paul was VERY excited about going on the train.. until I realized he thought I was saying PLANE and then he got VERY mad at us for tricking him... but he relaxed and enjoyed the train ride.
We walked through the town and window shopped and Paul was VERY thirsty... so thirsty that he ran into a bar and stole a lady's water... I gave him a spank and told him he was FEO and he hugged and kissed me... and laughed... and I made him apologize to the lady who really didn't mind... he's lucky she didn't mind. We also found this really interesting meat shop... these are all hog legs... it smelled a little funny in there...
We found the beach and Paul of course went right in...
He was in a very good mood... but also a very naughty mood. He wanted to play... but not with Alexia or me... he wanted to play with EVERY man he saw.. he would follow people and jump on people and he even scratched someone with his long nails and almost pulled an Irish girl's bathing suit down. No matter how much I explained to him that he can't bother people and that strangers aren't his friend... he didn't listen. I stayed in the water for a while watching him and he was pretty good so I went to lay down...
Eventually I had to go back in and literally drag him out of the water after warning him 3 times that if he didn't stop bothering people he would have to come out. He got a nice smack on the butt for not listening, but he never cares when he gets spanked. He sat on the beach and covered himself in sand (with some help) while I calmly explained that people are enjoying the water and they don't know him and don't exactly want to play.
I told him again that if he bothered people he would have to come out... and as soon as he got in the water he was back at it. In the middle of groups... trying to get on rafts... stealing balls... so Alexia got in and apologized to people and tried to play with him but she said he really didn't care. He's sick of being around us and he wants new friends haha... it made me sad though.. he wanted company but these people weren't in the mood to entertain him. He isn't very social and it was surprising to see him trying to play with soo many strangers...
Alexia and I got bored of the beach around 6 and I had to literally pull Paul out of the water... bribing him with ice cream didn't work... but I promised him I would take him to the pool tomorrow and then he almost ran out. I quickly got him changed on the beach and he watched the people behind us bury a girl while Alexia and I cleaned everything up and packed up... and THEN! He whipped out his litter penis and peed right in their direction! He almost hit a girl... Another slap on the butt for him... and I made him say sorry again and scolded him for peeing near people. He's been peeing a lot lately without warning us... it's not a good habit to get in to.
We got frozen yogurt and walked around town before heading to the train. We saw some really interesting shops and had a good time browsing....
No... I didn't buy the shirt... but it fits him perfectly =)
This time the train was a double decker and Paul really thought he was on an airplane... because we were high up and he asked me a million times if we were really on a plane so I got Alexia to video... and my hair's a mess because he likes to play with it
It's funny how similar he is to his cousin Iman (my best friend) who's 6 and lives in Connecticut... if you don't look at Iman when she's talking... she does the same thing and moves your face towards her... I've never met another kid who does that.
We made it back to Barcelona and Paul had a quick temper tantrum in a huge open space where everyone could see us... he was upset because the "plane" ride was over and he went to the ticket booth because he wanted to go again... But I held his hands to his sides so he couldn't do his frustrated dance and he quickly calmed down...
Then we had to take a bus... get off and walk... and catch ANOTHER bus before we got home. Such a long long day!!!! But Alexia and I are glad we made it back in 1 piece!!!
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