just a little note. as most know ben and sam abhor taking naps. they would love to run endlessly and just crash around 6:30 pm. but most of the time our lives are not conducive to that. many nights of ours include something that requires us to be away from the house around that time. if we are out running around in the evenings without a nap being taken we can pretty much guarantee a melt down by someone. usually because someone wants to sing the same song as the other, or make an animal noise at the wrong time. so naps are a must most days. when i put them down however, instead of agreeing to sweetly close their blue eyes to drift away into the coveted nap, they will try all things to stay awake. lately that has been sock puppets or playing with buttons on pockets or the cords on cargo pants. so the prep for the afternoon nap is much like prepping for prison….i check their clothes for anything that can be used as a toy, if found it gets stripped. then off come the socks. they play with their fingers and toes (obviously i can’t take those away) until it gets boring then off to sleep. i envy them. b/c then i’m off to work!
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I laughed my head off when I read this blog 🙂 especially the part about prepping for prison!
HILARIOUS!!!!!
duh I’m so tired I can’t even type…I’m laughing my head off with this one…I liked the comment about prepping for prison too…
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The only things that help mine is to run their legs off in the am and they want to crash by 1:00 pm for naps. 🙂
A couple weeks ago Greg and I had to literally take EVERYTHING out of Blinn’s room (minus the large bookshelf) after a 2 hour power struggle. Anything she could get her hands on. It was ridiculous! (She’s been pretty good staying in bed since then!)
we had to do that when ben and sam first got into ‘big boy beds’ everything was in the closet. but that does get better. until they discover that their fingers and toes can magically turn into animals or people!
It’s amazing to me that I am reading about “mommy Jessica”…! I wish that Montana wasn’t so far away so that I could this in person! Sure am proud of you!
Love,
Hope