It’s been a mostly napless week so far here at the Suburban homeplace. Prince Evan is cutting 4 teeth at once, and his Royal Highness has decided that morning and afternoon naps are for commoner babies. He will have none of that; take it away, thou wretched servant, etc., etc.
After a goodly time of crying in his royal bedchamber, the Prince decided to fall into exhausted sleep with the Queen in her bed, and she successfully transferred him back to his… I don’t know how long this nap is going to last, but I’m thankful for it…
The beautiful thing is that all this is wearing, but its not freaking me out. I know why he’s not napping, I know why I need to hold him all day instead of doing other things, and I know its not a permanent condition. That’s the beauty of having an older baby that has finally established good routines, I guess. The hitches aren’t so unnerving…
Today has actually been quite lovely, awful, wretched, royal teeth aside. We’re finally getting a cooler spell, and we ventured out this morning for the first walk we’ve had since the temps hit the 90’s. Seth threw his football and ran and threw it again, all in delighted 3-year-old style…
And Seth has discovered Frog and Toad…. I love these good buddies. My little guy climbs up on my lap, appropriately wearing his “froggy boots,” and we read and read. What sweet stories of simple friendship… Oh, to be back in a time when friendship was like this, when your buddy would ride on the back of a turtle to the rock where you were sitting so you could picnic together on the soggy sandwiches you’d made. Or something like that…
And I’m thinking that cool, overcast mornings are the perfect times to play my Scripture Lullabies cd. I’m not getting anything for telling ya this; I just really like it. It’s so soothing for all of us. I know it calmed me down, made a smile come more easily to my face, and gave us a pleasant soundtrack for our play today. I’m considering playing it in the evenings before bed to get everyone ready for jammy time….
1 comment:
Love Frog and Toad!! I've been reading those lately to Emma. Chris gave me a copy of all three books a few years ago as a birthday present, one of the sweetest ones I've had from him!
Glad you can find peace in harder times with the kids, that is truly a blessing!
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