I saw an ad on tv today that showed a bunch of people sitting in vehicles. The narrator said some stat about people spending over a year of their lives commuting. And then it said “Enjoy the commute – with tic tacs!” What do tic tacs have to do with commuting?!?! Ok so that was related to nothing but is it just me? Does this make sense to the rest of you guys?
Onto other things. I spent the morning in the city with the kids and my mom. Did a quick Costco shop, got a coffee, and finally found some awesome gladiator sandals! Best of all, they were only $20! But even better!!!, at the till they were $13!!! Success.
Laela slept on the way home, and Dekker did not. But it was actually perfect because she woke up at noon, which is a pretty normal wake up time for her morning nap. So I thought if I could keep Dekker awake, and Laela after her pretty short nap, they could go down together at 2:00 like usual. They were both rubbing their eyes by then, so it seemed perfect. They both went down very sweetly, without tears or fussing. Dekker was out like a light pretty much right away, while Laela always rolls around a little bit first. I’m still feeling nice and tired since our beach day, so instead of accomplishing stuff like I really should have done (unpacked, done laundry, swept up the sand from my kitchen, etc.) I lay in bed and watched old episodes of the Duggars on YouTube. It was awesome. Until I checked the monitor.
Laela was sitting right up in her crib, pulling at her bumper pads. I went into their room to lay her back down. As soon as I opened the door, she squealed with excitement to see me and was waving her hands at me. I walked over to her, trying not to laugh, and lay her back down. I gave her a blanket to hold and put another one overtop of her. Before I was even out the door, she was rolling around. But I can only control that so much, so I left. She was pretty quiet, and Dekker was cashed out. Probably fifteen minutes later, I checked again. Sitting up in the corning, trying to pull down the Christmas lights. (Yes, they have white twinkle lights in their room. We never use them :/ ) I moved the strand out of her reach and finally flopped her down on the ground and swaddled her. The ultimate look of betrayal. She was devastated. She cried and cried. She really hates the swaddle, so its not like I did it really tight or anything, as she used to just work herself up trying to get out of it, and then be all hot and bothered. But I just did it enough so she couldn’t roll as easily. And she was out within two minutes.
Those kids can sleep, wow! Over two hours later, Brady was home and the kids were still out! We ate supper before they got up. It was honestly one of our best days in the recent past. My sunburn hurts less, and I’m feeling refreshed. Hopefully I can be productive tomorrow and get some of our house back in order soon 🙂