Jacob-ism

"daddy, why is this is bird jealous?"
"what makes you think it's jealous? "
" it is alone I am the dark. "

First Sleepover

A success!

Of course, we cheated by sending the kid that doesn't sleep to my parents' house.

Nail painting, play dough, dress up, digging in the dirt... It was a very busy time.

Playdate Sibling Rivalry

Jacob had his first playdate rejection experience.  Kate and her friend Will were playing and there was no room for little brother.

Tonight, lying in bed, he recapped for me...

"Mommy, I was lonely."

"When Will was over?"

"Yeah.  I went on the swing.  Daddy pushed me.  But it didn't make my body feel better."

"You felt sad?"

"Yeah.  I just colored with Daddy.  I didn't get to play."

"I'm sorry, baby.  Sometimes we feel sad.  Daddy tried to keep you company."
"Daddy didn't fix it."

"No, he didn't.  He tried, but sometimes Mommies and Daddies can't make the sad go away.  We can just try to help and keep you company."

Sniff.  Sniff.

My sweet, articulate, not-yet-3 year old.  Geesh.  Kills me.

Big kids

There are things I desperately miss about having a baby.

But it's really nice that this is my view while the kids play on the playground. (Kate is that pink dress way back there.)

Night terrors:round two

I'm not sure what we did to deserve two kids with night terrors. I guess the good part is we know what's going on. Not far unto it tonight I just picked him up and hauled him out in the chilly cold night air. And just like that, awake. A little befuddled, definitely upset at me, but not screaming like a banshee.

I hope this is a stage. Last week I got two nights of sleeping through the night. Two weeks before that we slept from ten to three and that was it each and every night. Last night was midnight to five (I went to bed at ten, mind you, but #2 was up at 11 and #1 shortly after).

So, here we are. Trying to do bedtime again. Hoping for sleep.

And tomorrow, I'm sure will be the same. My Monday of recovery. Meaning, from noon to two, between classes I teach, you can find me in UT's parking garage, basement level, sleeping in my third row.

Really glad we bought the Mazda 5 right now.