Our lovely guest left this morning. Dekker and Laela waved her out through the window like champs, and immediately seemed unsure about what we’d do next. We’ve had so much company recently, and when no one is over, we’re out! But today was a rest day. We watched some tv and played fairly quietly most of the day. When it came time for naps, everyone went down at the same time. Now this is actually very common in our house, but it takes some work. That goes without saying, really. But today, there was no work!! Laela cried a little bit as she walked up the stairs, but I’m pretty sure it was just because she was overtired. Dekker beat everyone upstairs and was in his room fast. While Laela took her time walking up the stairs, I wrapped Rowan up and put him down in his playpen in my room. He didn’t make a sound, and went down smiling. Once he was laying down, I scooped Laela up from the stairs and took her to her room. Dekker had his glasses off and was in his megabed. I tucked Laela into her crib. I asked her if she was comfy, to which she replied “ni night.” I climbed up the stairs to tuck Dekker in next. He was all under his blankets, laying very still, waiting for me. I draped over him kind of, and asked if he was comfy or needed anything. He said “Uh, I’m fine,” and that was that. I passed around lots of kisses before leaving the room.
Two. Hours. Later. They all begun to lull at once. I had two beautiful hours of rest, where I lay in bed and dozed a bit. Then, they began to wiggle and talk to themselves, but no one was in any way asking to come out, or have any kind of help. So I let Dekker and Laela visit, and I let Ro scoot around on his back and scratch the mesh around his playpen for a bit.
Thankfully, Brady came home soon after.
Not so thankfully, he is just as pooped as I am!!
I’m assuming that we will fall asleep tonight the way the kids did this afternoon. Hopefully they do the same! I can’t promise I’ll be awake to convince them back to sleep.
We’re always the most tired after such great visits <3