Better

Well, I'll have to say that this week is shaping up to be better so far, though I did spend 2.5 hrs doing work from home tonight because I'm still so far behind.

But Sunday was pretty nice. The girls were up at 7, and we all got up and had breakfast. It was a gorgeous day (after Saturday was pretty rainy and nasty - we had been planning to go to an Easter Egg Hunt that our work was holding for the kids, but decided that taking the kids out when a tornado watch was posted might be considered bad parenting), and Greg and I were determined that the girls would nap, so we ran them ragged at the zoo. And we had a great time.

J riding the lion. She was the only one that would get on.


E roaring at the lions.



R riding on daddy's shoulders.


There's a small playground in the middle of the zoo that we had been pretty much avoiding. It's kind of hidden so they hadn't even noticed it. But remember how desperate we were for the girls to take a nap?

Em


Bec


We actually got all 3 of them on the bear statue this time, but Becca wouldn't let go of Greg's hand. And I have no idea why Julie's tongue is out. That child cracks me up.


On the way out, they all insisted on walking on the curb like a balance beam. I blame the gym.




We'd heard about a new restaurant near the municipal airport where you can watch the planes take off and land. The girls still love to shout "airplane" whenever they hear a plane (or a lawnmower or a loud car), so we thought they'd love it. It was pretty much awesome. We didn't sit outside, since they had already been out in the sun for a while (and mom of the year didn't put sunscreen on them), but you could basically sit on the runway. (It's just a municipal airport, so it wasn't loud or anything - just small private planes.) We literally saw a plane land and pull up outside the restaurant. The people got out and came and had lunch.

Julie got all excited (and not about the chicken nuggets). I love these pictures Greg got of her.



And the best part? They fell asleep in the car home (Becca could barely keep her eyes open when she was finishing her lunch) and stayed asleep as we carried them up and put them down for their nap.

Saturday's Non-nap

I slept through most of it, but the end results were:

-Becca had no shirt, and actually napped for a little while.

-Julie emerged with no shirt, pants, but no diaper and no nap.

-Emma emerged with no shirt, no pants, no diaper, a wet bed, and no nap.

When they don't nap, they tend to crash later, like in the car on the way to dinner. We're planning to move nap times to pack n plays and separate the three of them for naps. It's just out of control, and I know they're just egging each other on.

Nap time

This is how nap time went down today.

12:00 Girls lay down with blankets. As soon as we leave, the chatter begins. They also started singing ABCs and Becca kept saying "Shake your body" and "Jump in the water."

12:33 Greg reports that Becca is now singing "5 little monkeys jumping on the bed."

12:39 Crying. Sounds like someone could have an arm stuck or something. But no. EVERYTHING (stuffed animals, blankets, pillows, books) has been thrown from the cribs into the middle of the floor. Emma is doing a forward roll in her crib. Becca has no pants on. Emma has Becca's pants on (backwards), and one arm up through the neck of her shirt.

1:02 Becca crying. I go in and check, and she tells me that Emma pulled her hair. Kind of random, but ok. So I lay down on the couch and start threatening to take away their "special treat" (our Easter egg hunt; more later).

1:05 Julie stands up and walks over to where her crib meets Emma's and says "Emma, do me. Do me." And Emma gets up and walks over and grabs a handful of Julie's hair and pulls while Julie's hair slips through her hands. They both laugh. Repeat. So... apparently hair pulling is not a game. So not good.

1:57 Greg finally brings the girls downstairs. Becca is in just a diaper, Emma only has Becca's pants on, and Julie is still in her own clothes and fully dressed.