My little birds got up at 5:46 this morning –
ridiculously early and probably before the rest of the birds!
We were going to go grocery shopping this morning (I’ve been
saying that for 3 days now) but Eve went down for a nap at
7:30am and slept until 10:30! It was great. Lex and I played,
did some tidying, went outside, played on the swings, did some
weeding, and ended up having a snack in a tree. Well, he had a
snack in a tree anyway :) He said he wanted to sit in a tree,
like a bird. He said he was a black bird, then looked at his
outfit and decided he was actually and blue and white bird :)
Definitely a bird!

Then, for some
strange reason, he took the world’s easiest nap! We’ve gotten
to the point where he gets out of bed repeatedly until I “hold”
him for a few minutes, which results in me being
angry/frustrated and him kicking and screaming. After a few
minutes he settles down and goes to sleep. This has become part
of the bedtime/naptime routine, unfortunately. Last night,
after the screaming, I told him that I really don’t care if he
sleeps right away, he just has to stay in bed. We talked about
some quiet things he could do in bed, like singing himself a
song, or telling doggie about his day. He got right in bed and
that was the last I heard of him. At nap time this morning I
reminded him that he doesn’t have to go to sleep right away,
just stay in bed, and I had him tell me a few quiet things he
could do. I didn’t hear a peep out of him and he didn’t get up
once. I went up 1/2 hour later to check on him and he was sound
asleep! Yay! Probably just a fluke, but I enjoy every easy nap
time I get. Then Eve took a nap 1/2 hour later so I just had a
full hour with no kids! She’s up now though, so I should go be
attentive and what not. Actually, I think we’re going to try
for some grocery shopping this afternoon. I really don’t want
to have to do it Saturday morning!