My favorite part of the day is when I start the process of making a cup of tea. Every day it is at the same time and the rhythm of it soothes me. (Why yes... I really am a 80 year old stuck in a 30ish year body!)
The reason it is at the same day each day is because Pookie and Bear go to bed at 7:30 pm. Every night. They may not be asleep at 7:32 pm, but they are in bed with books, an assortment of stuffed animals, a flashlight for Pookie and a bottle of water for Bear. And they stay there. It is really a new stage of life for us...and it is quite beautiful!
My girls don't nap...they haven't for a long time. When Pookie was just over 2 and Bear was a sick screaming newborn, Pookie decided that she didn't need naps. My dream of a break from 2 little ones was dashed in 2 months! This summer, at the ripe old age of 19 months, Bear stopped napping. So late afternoons used to be a little, um, tough. But now, we get home from Pookie's preschool, have a snack and some TV, dinner, bath, gametime or stories and bed. By 7:30. That is 2 1/2 hours of just alone time. Granted, we don't have a social life...at all. Maybe one of us gets out while the other stands guard over the girls, but we rarely have the girls out late. It isn't worth it. They may go to bed at 10 pm, but they will still get up between 6:45 - 7:15am. Then the day is shot.
Nope, we are boring parents with no social life. But come 7:32pm, I'm enjoying the sound of the kettle heating up, cup at the ready with the tea of choice and the option of grown up tv or a good book.
Must go, bath time awaits and 7:30 is fast approaching!
3 comments:
Maybe we can meet for coffee sometime at 7:55. We could meet halfway. Just have to find a time that Andy and Jeff are home to "father".
Hi nadia--sharon here---i found your blog through niki--your blog reads like mine..the joys of parenthood eh?
Niki - I'm ready...lets do it!
Sharon - Hi and welcome...now I'm off to check out your blog!
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