Hosting Day 4
Well I can tell you that A is getting used to us for sure!
So, I told you we'd regret that 2 hour nap on Sunday - A woke up at 4:30 Monday morning, bright and shiny. It was still dark, so I told him it was night and fell asleep next to him in his bed. He managed to sleep for another two hours, but 6:30 is still way early!
Brent slept in a bit longer, and A and I made waffles for breakfast. Well, mostly me, but he did the stirring. He ate 1/2 a waffle with jam, 2 glasses of juice, and 1/2 a sausage, which I think is a record! He eats like a bird, and is very picky. We're getting the hang of it though.
After Brent got up, we headed over to the neighbors to play catch with their two dogs. That was a blast and A loved it. It was almost 80 degrees out and sunny. A also helped me hang clothes on the line, and sort of helped me put them away, but it was more like basketball with the clothes and the drawers.
We decided we didn't want to repeat the 2 hour nap thing, but we did want to give him some kind of nap, so after lunch we immediately carried him to bed and all slept for only half an hour. He still was a bit tired when we woke him up, but I guess we won't know until tomorrow morning (hopefully not at 4AM) how it worked out.
After nap we colored some, and then went for a walk in the park with some friends. And Brent dropped A's sunglasses off the side of the bridge in the river! Fortunately he didn't see his precious sunglasses go overboard. Brent felt really bad, but they sank straight to the bottom and there was no chance of saving them. A had fun on the swings and pushing our friend's baby too.
A little note - the translator called me this morning and said she was thinking about us from the VBS and told us that we should make sure A has some down time during the day because trying to run him to wear him out will just wind him up more. I was thinking - yeah, I think we have figured that out! So I thought that the nap and coloring was good enough, but apparently the park just negated it all.....
So, back to the day. After the park, he announced he was hungry, and since that is one of the few words we understand, we went straight for dinner at Chili's (we also happened to be right there - yummy). He did really well there. Ate all of his fries, and a lot of my salad. We thought we could go quick to Kohl's and pick up some new sunglasses for him - before he noticed his old ones were gone forever.
I'm not sure if he was just hyper because of the park, or Brent and I gave him too many sips of our iced tea and soda, but Kohl's was kind of a disaster. He picked out new sunglasses, and then decided to play 'chase me'. I'm sure all of you moms know exactly what I'm talking about. After a couple minutes, we caught him, but then he played 'hold on for dear life to everything so mom and dad can't make me move'. Finally Brent just had to pick him and take him out of the store. As soon as he saw the car, he was fine, just getting there was a bear.
We came home and watched a movie, and then implemented our newly formed bedtime routine.
1. Put A in the bath, and set timer for 30 minutes
2. Tell A 5 and 3 minutes before timer goes off
3. When the timer goes off, somehow explain that it's time to get out of the bath.
4. Drain the bath
5. Remove A from sitting on the drain to keep the water in.
6. Hold the drain open with one hand, and A's hand off of it with the other.
7. When the tub is finally empty, some how explain to A that he won't be sitting there shivering if he would just get out of the tub and let me dry him off.
8. Help A get out of the tub
9. Put his PJ shirt on so he starts getting dressed.
10. Brent helps A finish getting his PJs on
11. All of us brush our teeth (for the first time in my life I am brushing twice a day)
12. A realizes what's next and runs away
13. I find A's flashlight and turn down his bed while Brent carries A into bed.
14. Try to get A to at least fold his hands and say Amen at the end of prayers.
15. Turn off the light and say 'goodnight'
16. Both Brent and I pretend to fall asleep, hoping A will get the picture.
17. Sneak out when we think he's asleep
18. Five minutes later, see his flashlight peek out of the door.
19. Brent goes in and tucks him back in.
20. A is sleeping, and Brent and I have a few hours of peace!
See you all tomorrow!
So, I told you we'd regret that 2 hour nap on Sunday - A woke up at 4:30 Monday morning, bright and shiny. It was still dark, so I told him it was night and fell asleep next to him in his bed. He managed to sleep for another two hours, but 6:30 is still way early!
Brent slept in a bit longer, and A and I made waffles for breakfast. Well, mostly me, but he did the stirring. He ate 1/2 a waffle with jam, 2 glasses of juice, and 1/2 a sausage, which I think is a record! He eats like a bird, and is very picky. We're getting the hang of it though.
After Brent got up, we headed over to the neighbors to play catch with their two dogs. That was a blast and A loved it. It was almost 80 degrees out and sunny. A also helped me hang clothes on the line, and sort of helped me put them away, but it was more like basketball with the clothes and the drawers.
We decided we didn't want to repeat the 2 hour nap thing, but we did want to give him some kind of nap, so after lunch we immediately carried him to bed and all slept for only half an hour. He still was a bit tired when we woke him up, but I guess we won't know until tomorrow morning (hopefully not at 4AM) how it worked out.
After nap we colored some, and then went for a walk in the park with some friends. And Brent dropped A's sunglasses off the side of the bridge in the river! Fortunately he didn't see his precious sunglasses go overboard. Brent felt really bad, but they sank straight to the bottom and there was no chance of saving them. A had fun on the swings and pushing our friend's baby too.
A little note - the translator called me this morning and said she was thinking about us from the VBS and told us that we should make sure A has some down time during the day because trying to run him to wear him out will just wind him up more. I was thinking - yeah, I think we have figured that out! So I thought that the nap and coloring was good enough, but apparently the park just negated it all.....
So, back to the day. After the park, he announced he was hungry, and since that is one of the few words we understand, we went straight for dinner at Chili's (we also happened to be right there - yummy). He did really well there. Ate all of his fries, and a lot of my salad. We thought we could go quick to Kohl's and pick up some new sunglasses for him - before he noticed his old ones were gone forever.
I'm not sure if he was just hyper because of the park, or Brent and I gave him too many sips of our iced tea and soda, but Kohl's was kind of a disaster. He picked out new sunglasses, and then decided to play 'chase me'. I'm sure all of you moms know exactly what I'm talking about. After a couple minutes, we caught him, but then he played 'hold on for dear life to everything so mom and dad can't make me move'. Finally Brent just had to pick him and take him out of the store. As soon as he saw the car, he was fine, just getting there was a bear.
We came home and watched a movie, and then implemented our newly formed bedtime routine.
1. Put A in the bath, and set timer for 30 minutes
2. Tell A 5 and 3 minutes before timer goes off
3. When the timer goes off, somehow explain that it's time to get out of the bath.
4. Drain the bath
5. Remove A from sitting on the drain to keep the water in.
6. Hold the drain open with one hand, and A's hand off of it with the other.
7. When the tub is finally empty, some how explain to A that he won't be sitting there shivering if he would just get out of the tub and let me dry him off.
8. Help A get out of the tub
9. Put his PJ shirt on so he starts getting dressed.
10. Brent helps A finish getting his PJs on
11. All of us brush our teeth (for the first time in my life I am brushing twice a day)
12. A realizes what's next and runs away
13. I find A's flashlight and turn down his bed while Brent carries A into bed.
14. Try to get A to at least fold his hands and say Amen at the end of prayers.
15. Turn off the light and say 'goodnight'
16. Both Brent and I pretend to fall asleep, hoping A will get the picture.
17. Sneak out when we think he's asleep
18. Five minutes later, see his flashlight peek out of the door.
19. Brent goes in and tucks him back in.
20. A is sleeping, and Brent and I have a few hours of peace!
See you all tomorrow!
posted by Tracy at 8:39 PM
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