On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Pumpkin goes to Parent's Day Out at church while I go to work. It's a life saver. Cheap, great teachers and lots of kiddos for her to play with.
And she so loves other kids.
The down side is the travel time. It takes us 45 minutes to get to church in the morning and then another 20 for me to get to the office.
Sometimes, if she gets up early, she'll fall asleep on the way to school. Then she won't sleep in the swing or the stroller for them. Which means I fight to keep her awake on the 45 minute drive home so she can nap in her crib.
Other days she sleeps for 45 minutes in the swing at school and that's the only nap she'll take. No matter how much I drive around.
And still on other days, like today, she'll sleep on the way in the morning and then fall asleep, despite my best efforts, on the trip home.
See. My kid can sleep for 15 minutes (or less really) and if woken up, will not sleep again until bed time. I know other kids will fall asleep in the car and then mom can take them straight to their crib to finish out the nap.
Mine won't.
As long as I accept that fact and don't get a wild hair thinking her entire nature has changed, we're cool.
Chris is always hopeful for that entire nature change thing.
Kinda like going from Urkle to Stefan.
Which only happens on sitcoms.
(Please tell me someone gets that besides me.)
Today she woke up a little after 6 am (ask me how much I am looking forward to the time change????) and promptly fell asleep on the way to school. She got a good 30 minute nap. Thus she "rested" at school. And I managed to keep her awake by feeding her crackers for about thirty minutes.
So close...
I have learned from experience that I need to visit the bathroom before I pick her up and not to drink more beverages for at least an hour. I take the long way to the house and then park in the driveway where I can get the wireless internet signal. I work some. I play more. I listen to a whole lot of sports talk about the upcoming college football "national championship game" on Saturday. Sometimes, if I remember to bring it, I'll do my bible study lessons. Forgot those today though.
After about 45 minutes in the driveway, I decided to move. Went through the drive through for a drink (should be safe an hour into this) and then hit the road. Not a clue how far I drove but I definitely saw parts of the world I'd never seen before. Passed a whole lot of cattle and horses. Curvy two lane roads leading to I have no idea where. Wide open spaces with the occasional mom and pop gas station/auto mechanic/grocery store/beauty salon.
Once we'd been driving about 30 minutes, I decided to head back to the house. So all in all, we drove for another hour after she'd slept the first hour.
She woke up as I pulled into our neighborhood.
So why does this make my gratitude list today?
Because I didn't mind any of that.
God created me to be this little girl's mama. The baby who won't sleep if moved comes to the woman who really doesn't mind driving and even sitting. I am down with down time. Actually thoroughly enjoy it. I loved looking back seeing Pumpkin snuggled up with Violet and Stripes. I was happy to be quiet and still. Happy to play and work. Happy to drive around new places.
Sometimes being a person who likes to be alone and still isn't a plus.
But on Tuesdays and Thursdays, it is.
And she so loves other kids.
The down side is the travel time. It takes us 45 minutes to get to church in the morning and then another 20 for me to get to the office.
Sometimes, if she gets up early, she'll fall asleep on the way to school. Then she won't sleep in the swing or the stroller for them. Which means I fight to keep her awake on the 45 minute drive home so she can nap in her crib.
Other days she sleeps for 45 minutes in the swing at school and that's the only nap she'll take. No matter how much I drive around.
And still on other days, like today, she'll sleep on the way in the morning and then fall asleep, despite my best efforts, on the trip home.
See. My kid can sleep for 15 minutes (or less really) and if woken up, will not sleep again until bed time. I know other kids will fall asleep in the car and then mom can take them straight to their crib to finish out the nap.
Mine won't.
As long as I accept that fact and don't get a wild hair thinking her entire nature has changed, we're cool.
Chris is always hopeful for that entire nature change thing.
Kinda like going from Urkle to Stefan.
Which only happens on sitcoms.
(Please tell me someone gets that besides me.)
Today she woke up a little after 6 am (ask me how much I am looking forward to the time change????) and promptly fell asleep on the way to school. She got a good 30 minute nap. Thus she "rested" at school. And I managed to keep her awake by feeding her crackers for about thirty minutes.
So close...
I have learned from experience that I need to visit the bathroom before I pick her up and not to drink more beverages for at least an hour. I take the long way to the house and then park in the driveway where I can get the wireless internet signal. I work some. I play more. I listen to a whole lot of sports talk about the upcoming college football "national championship game" on Saturday. Sometimes, if I remember to bring it, I'll do my bible study lessons. Forgot those today though.
After about 45 minutes in the driveway, I decided to move. Went through the drive through for a drink (should be safe an hour into this) and then hit the road. Not a clue how far I drove but I definitely saw parts of the world I'd never seen before. Passed a whole lot of cattle and horses. Curvy two lane roads leading to I have no idea where. Wide open spaces with the occasional mom and pop gas station/auto mechanic/grocery store/beauty salon.
Once we'd been driving about 30 minutes, I decided to head back to the house. So all in all, we drove for another hour after she'd slept the first hour.
She woke up as I pulled into our neighborhood.
So why does this make my gratitude list today?
Because I didn't mind any of that.
God created me to be this little girl's mama. The baby who won't sleep if moved comes to the woman who really doesn't mind driving and even sitting. I am down with down time. Actually thoroughly enjoy it. I loved looking back seeing Pumpkin snuggled up with Violet and Stripes. I was happy to be quiet and still. Happy to play and work. Happy to drive around new places.
Sometimes being a person who likes to be alone and still isn't a plus.
But on Tuesdays and Thursdays, it is.
I got your Urkel comment. We were a big TGIF family growing up. I;m glad she's enjoying time with friends while you work.
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