:: Rebecca's fallen asleep in the car the last two mornings as we've been out running errands. She obviously needs the sleep, but WHY won't she do it at 5:30 AM instead of 10 AM???? Ugh. Any advice you have for how to give up the morning nap/sleep later in the morning would be greatly appreciated.
:: Rebecca has some great dance moves, but today she added twirling and posing to her repertoire. It was hilarious. I wish I had it on video to show you.
:: Rachel really wants to see the Nutcracker (you may recall that we saw it last year--a surprise early Christmas present from my husband). She's been talking about little else this last week. I've looked into tickets, but they're just more than my husband and I want to pay this year. I've explained to her that we don't need to see it every year, and we'll go again sometime. I told her that it'll make it even more special when we do get to go again. "But it will be even more special if we go every year!" she told me! She's told me we should sell stuff in order to buy tickets....and today she found a nickel on the bus and excitedly told me she could use it to buy tickets to see it. It breaks my heart, and I really want to take her, but all of the inexpensive tickets are gone (I've looked) and we just don't want to spend the money for the more expensive seats. We also decided we didn't really want to set the precedent of going every year. So today a local parent magazine put on facebook that they're giving away two family packs of tickets to the show. Never in my life have I wanted to win something more! Oh, I know it probably won't happen, but wouldn't it be awesome if it did?! The thing that makes me the most upset is that earlier this fall I saw an ad in the newspaper for a special code for buy one get one free tickets for the show, which was only good that week. I showed my husband, but he said she probably didn't need to go again this year, so I let it go. Ugh. I really wish we had gotten them then!!!
:: Rebecca's really into playing dress up now. She loves putting on shoes--Daddy's, Mommy's, Rachel's, and Rachel's dress up clothes. She loves hats, too. She usually chooses a fireman's hat, but on this day she decided to wear her sister's winter hat.
:: Rachel's sick--AGAIN! This poor girl can't catch a break. Right now it's just a bad cold and cough. No fever, thankfully. But she's waking up a lot at night (so I've been awake a lot, too) and just coughing non stop.
:: Today I got the camera down from the top of the refrigerator (the place where I stash the things I don't want Rebecca to touch!). Rebecca saw me get it down and she started saying, "Cheeeeeeeeeeese!" I don't know where she learned that! So I just had to take her picture....
2 comments:
I REALLY hope you guys win those tickets! That would be incredible. I know what you mean about balance something they are sincerely excited about and not trying to set an expectation (especially an expensive one) - it's tough to decide.
I think that every time one of my kids has dropped a nap - they go through a period of needing 1.5 naps (or .5 naps if they are dropping the last one). I would tend to let her fall asleep in the car (or playpen) if she needs to during this transition, but hope that she will eventually start to make up the sleep in other places. (hopefully in the morning!) Unless she's just miserable in the mornings without it, in which I would think she might need one in her crib like every other day or something. It's tough!
Oh man, I know how you're feeling about the tickets too. It's so hard at this time of year to balance wanting to splurge and enjoy the season with being reasonable and sticking to a budget. (p.s. my word verification to post this is "spender"...oh my! Ok God, I hear you!)
Little Olivia has the same shirt that Rebecca has on in these pictures. I love it. It's so, so cute! She looks like a ham...I could just squeeze her through the screen!
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