On the weekends, Alanna likes to come in and hang out with Mommy & Daddy in our bed for a bit before getting up. Normally, the weekdays this doesn't happen as she doesn't really want to wake up before 7. This morning was an exception. She woke up happy at about 6:30 and decided she wanted to come to our bed.
This means that she dragged in her blankie and pillow. Then she went back for two more blankies. Then she went back for Garfield, Bear Bear, Dolly, Pony & Lamb..which took two more trips.
Between the stuffed animal family, the toddler, the three extra blankets, Jeb, me and the two cats--we need a bigger bed. Or I really really need to lose weight.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Kangaroos Flying out of my Ass
Ok, so kangaroos aren't flying out of my ass.
Alanna has trouble sleeping at night. No real surprise since Mommy and Grandpa on mommy's side were never good sleepers and still aren't. I wake up about 3-5 times nightly on average. So we've done several things to encourage Alanna to stay in bed even if she's not "sleeping" when it's night time.
We put up a push light near her bed. One of those round lights that you push and it turns on or off. This way she has access to her own nightlight and it's within reach. We've put several toys/books in her room as well. The toys are all "quiet" toys and we've been teaching her that it's ok to be awake and play quietly, but that she needs to stay in bed. This is also true of bedtime. She goes to bed at 8:30 but typically doesn't fall asleep until 9:15 or 9:30. Often when we go to bed, we sneak into her room, turn off the push light and collect the toys out of her bed.
Sometimes it's pretty bad and there are toys everywhere in her bed with this little girl wedged in an odd position between them.
Last night I asked Jeb to go up (I was on the phone with Dell tech support--don't ask) and remove the Little People from her bed. He came back down and I asked if there were toys everywhere to which he responded "Yep, I pulled a kangaroo out of her ass."
He didn't really pull it out of her ass, but she does often end up laying on some of the toys for short periods of time until we can dig them out from under her. For those of you completely lost, here's a pic of the Little People set she was playing with last night. Kangaroo
Alanna has trouble sleeping at night. No real surprise since Mommy and Grandpa on mommy's side were never good sleepers and still aren't. I wake up about 3-5 times nightly on average. So we've done several things to encourage Alanna to stay in bed even if she's not "sleeping" when it's night time.
We put up a push light near her bed. One of those round lights that you push and it turns on or off. This way she has access to her own nightlight and it's within reach. We've put several toys/books in her room as well. The toys are all "quiet" toys and we've been teaching her that it's ok to be awake and play quietly, but that she needs to stay in bed. This is also true of bedtime. She goes to bed at 8:30 but typically doesn't fall asleep until 9:15 or 9:30. Often when we go to bed, we sneak into her room, turn off the push light and collect the toys out of her bed.
Sometimes it's pretty bad and there are toys everywhere in her bed with this little girl wedged in an odd position between them.
Last night I asked Jeb to go up (I was on the phone with Dell tech support--don't ask) and remove the Little People from her bed. He came back down and I asked if there were toys everywhere to which he responded "Yep, I pulled a kangaroo out of her ass."
He didn't really pull it out of her ass, but she does often end up laying on some of the toys for short periods of time until we can dig them out from under her. For those of you completely lost, here's a pic of the Little People set she was playing with last night. Kangaroo
Monday, April 11, 2005
Weekend
This weekend was absolutely beautiful outside. Spent a lot of time with Alanna playing out back. Mommy also got treated to a new bike and we bought a bike seat for Alanna. I spent most of Saturday morning attaching it to Jeb's bike. It's definitely secure...don't think it's ever coming off LOL! We donned our helmets or as Alanna calls them "bike hat!" and off we went. My new bike rides sooooo much more smoothly than the old one (which we freecycled) and it was nice to get some exercise in. Going to try to do it nightly weather dependent.
Jeb helped a LOT with the house this weekend, very nice and it allowed me to put in a little time adjusting some things for the work system we use for reporting issues. We'll see how the changes go over. Baby steps. At least we're working towards improving the process, even if it means a couple steps forward then one back. Progress is progress.
Jeb helped a LOT with the house this weekend, very nice and it allowed me to put in a little time adjusting some things for the work system we use for reporting issues. We'll see how the changes go over. Baby steps. At least we're working towards improving the process, even if it means a couple steps forward then one back. Progress is progress.
Friday, April 08, 2005
Thursday, April 07, 2005
No Birthday For You
At Alanna's Daycare they have birthday parties for the kids. Each other child (8 total) is to bring a small gift for the birthday child. Typically we pick up something between $10-$15. Our daycare provider always notifies us at least a week so that we have time to do so. Chloe's party was supposed to be Tuesday. We brought in Alanna's gift for her on Monday.
Tuesday rolls around and Paula explains that Chloe's party had to be rescheduled because all the other parents forgot.
How much must that suck!
"Your birthday's been cancelled due to lack of participation"
Tuesday rolls around and Paula explains that Chloe's party had to be rescheduled because all the other parents forgot.
How much must that suck!
"Your birthday's been cancelled due to lack of participation"
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