After my incredibly long day (after my incredibly short night) I am both pleased and embarrassed to have fallen asleep at 9:15 last night. My children lulled me awake very gently, through the monitor and Ro from his playpen, but I was able to lay still and rest until a solid 8:00. It is a beautiful thing that Dekker is now comfortable enough to go to the bathroom on his own in the morning. Its not that he doesn’t pee by himself, because he always does, but he has never been mischievous enough to leave his room in the morning before I come to get them. So it took a bit of convincing for him to know it was ok to leave his room without my permission. But he does it now, and climbs right back into bed. He actually even pees in the night on his own! Its awesome, and makes way less risk for morning accidents. Win!
Anyway, I had a great night and was feeling so ready to go to Kims for a playdate, but of course, if you live anywhere near here, or have the internet, you’ll know we got our first snowfall last night, and it completely iced the highway over. SO many people in the ditch, and not just because “people can’t drive in winter,” but because the wind was wicked. My husband is an incredibly confident winter driver, and he was constantly being pushed into the other lane. No good. So our playdate was cancelled 🙁 again. But we had a nice cozy day, tucked into blankets, pj-clad and happy.
The kids were happy today. They played beautifully! It was almost strange how little they tried to get on each others nerves. Rowan slept like a champ, over three hours in one stretch, and while Laela fully boycotted her nap and never went to sleep, she was a great little charmer right up until bedtime, when she seemed to lose her cool. But its bedtime. We don’t expect it to be smooth every day.
Last nights bath was a total bust. It was like sitting in a hotel cold pool that isn’t especially cold, but definitely colder than a bath should be. So we sat in it for just a few minutes before getting out, shivering. But with the wind blasting our house and making crazy sounds and cooling the place down juuust a touch, I’m so ready for a hot squishy bath!! Maybe I’ll even pull out a Lush bath bomb….. Luxury, guys.