I’m losing track, that’s a good thing! And
\n today was a GOOD day!! Lex had a series of tantrums last night
\n that kept him up until 9:30pm so I was a little worried about
\n today. He woke up at 5:30am (who needs sleep?!?) but I was able
\n to get him to lay still in his bed, with me beside him, until
\n 6:30, a more reasonable hour. He was super sweet all morning,
\n but started fussing when it was time to go. Kids are funny
\n because you never know why they go one direction or another.
\n When the fussing started I mentally readied myself for an
\n argument, but instead he decided that he was a baby and I
\n needed to do everything for him. Umm… ok! I got him dressed,
\n put on his shoes and hat, and put him in the car. Way faster
\n than he would have done it himself! Eve hurried herself along
\n quickly because she slept through breakfast and we were trying
\n to get there by 8:30 for the 2yr olds snack time. I don’t know
\n why they have snack at 8:30 in the morning (the preschool room
\n eats at 9:30, which is more reasonable), but it works ok for us
\n because it often ends up being her breakfast. She’s such a good
\n little sleeper! :)<\/p>\n
On the way to daycare
\n Eve announced that she wanted to go to Panera Bread instead of
\n daycare. I laughed. Lex jumped in and asked if we could go for
\n dinner instead. Yup! I told them that if they had a nice day at
\n daycare then we could go to Panera Bread for dinner. Just a
\n little bribery, nothing wrong with that. I dropped them off and
\n they both gave me big hugs and smiles and away I went. When I
\n picked them up they were both happy, well rested, and ready for
\n dinner. I was told that Lex even told his teacher that he loved
\n her :) That’s a good sign, right?!<\/p>\n
At
\n dinner they told me some things they did during the day and ate
\n happily. We came home, did bath, teeth, finger nail clippings
\n (way overdue!), stories and off to bed. Easy! Why can’t they
\n all be like this? A few times during the day Lex and I talked
\n about why I wouldn’t lay down with him last night (tantrum boys
\n don’t get what they want) and how I could lay with him tonight
\n (acting sweet, of course). While we were reading stories he
\n told me that he was happy he was acting so sweet because he is
\n excited that I will lay down with him for a few minutes at
\n bedtime. Maybe he’ll remember this… or not. I enjoy the good
\n times while I can!<\/p>\n
Now they are both
\n sound asleep (poor Eve is coughing like crazy though) and I’m
\n off to prep for another day. I’ve found that when I do all the
\n prep the night before (lunches and bags packed), our daycare
\n mornings go much smoother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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