Today was one of those days. The boy and girl have both convinced themselves that they are too old for naps. The boy, at almost 6, I understand. The girl, at almost 3, is just trying to hang with the big dog. Inevitably, as the day wears on, we get cranky, groggy and generally combative, so we decided to make cookies to quell the rising squall.
The girl decided making cookies was hard work so she had to take of her sweatshirt.
They ate their cookies, scrumptious, might I add, and we then moved the party to include an early, early bath. After much splashing and general glee, the boy and I did some laundry while the girl went downstairs to play and the man braved the icy streets and went to the grocery. After 10 minutes or so of laundry, the boy got bored and went to play with his sister....who was not in the playroom as expected.
See. She's not there. We screamed her name and ran outside, upstairs, and in the back yard. I was almost in full panic mode. Maybe the man had taken her to the store...but she was wearing a night dress and couldn't go out like that. I went back to the playroom to look in the closets when....look through the window in the second partition of the doll house.....
Looks like we're not beyond naps after all.The morning comes early, and I need a stout beverage to settle my nerves. Sweet gardening dreams.
Glad it all turned out! Sweet pics- thanks for posting them- say hi for me :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE it! These are kinds of memories you will cherish forever. And so will they. Sometimes my son does things that are so cute that I just want to bite him!
ReplyDeleteOh, it's such a hard age/stage. They're so tired, and then they stay up so late. . .
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine how panicked you were. I was panicked just reading it. Glad you found her! That little rascal!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! I'm sure it was a bit nerve wracking at first. My youngest is a 3 year old girl and she's always trying to keep up with her older sister. Twice she's fallen asleep sitting at the kitchen counter.
ReplyDeleteThere isn't a worse feeling for a mother than a missing kid. We've all been there and it's such a horrible moment! Glad she was safe and sound. My youngest stopped napping right after his 3rd birthday...and now he's 4 so it's been about a year since we've had a scheduled nap in our house.
ReplyDeleteThey actually go to be very early! THe girl's bed time is 7:00 and the boy's is 7:30. You can see the sun through the window there...this all happened around 3:00 in the afternoon. Yes, it was an early, early bath they took.
ReplyDeleteBoy did she wake up squalling. I think she scared herself by falling asleep there.
Last night, the girl was up from Midnight to 2:45. The boy decided at 3:10 that he couldn't sleep anymore either. Today, my friends, there will be naps in this house or I'll take to stomping my feet and fit pitching on the ground because I'm tired.
Too cute! And I LOVE the desk in the playroom!
ReplyDeleteErin, the desk was mine as a kid. A_Trox (poster above) and I played many hours of school with it. Now the kids do the same.
ReplyDeleteSorry you went through the fright (I know I would have been frantic too) - but the picture of her sleeping is just priceless.
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