Hello all! Ok, so as much as I hate to admit it, hubby was right about changing up the kid's schedule...there, I said it! All other members of the "mommy sisterhood" can feel free to hate me now for admitting that, at least in this situation, sometimes daddy knows best. In all honesty, the first day went well and I thought it might have been a fluke...till the end of the first week, that is. Seriously, my son has been a much happier child in the little over a week since we've changed up the routine. Sure, he's kind of a bear to wake up in the morning (to be fair, I'm kinda like that too, so he comes by it honestly), but once he's had some time to fully wake up he's fine till naptime. Also, I believe the naptime embargo has finally ended, at least for the time being...maybe it's less like an end to the conflict and more like a temporary (and somewhat shaky) truce. Either way, I'm happy and so is he. Baby girl, however, has taken to sleeping for a good stretch and then waking up ready to play about an hour before mommy's bedtime, which makes waking up fairly early in the morning with her brother a bit more difficult. Like right now, she's sleeping and has been for almost 2 hours now, but I know that as soon as I'm ready to turn in for the night and am about to go lay her down in her bed (she's in my bed right now), she's gonna wake up completely refreshed and not want to go back to sleep for several hours. Last night she woke up right after her dad got home (he works nights) and I really needed to go to bed, so I had to resort to feeding her a good sized bottle, putting her in her car seat and driving around for about 20 minutes...it worked like a charm (LOVE that!), but I really don't want to have to get in the habit of doing that. I can remember when I was little, maybe about 5 or 6 (possibly younger), my parents would still have to drive me around for a while so I'd fall asleep in the car (I seriously had a blanket and pillow that stayed in the backseat of the car just for this), and I really don't want to have to do that with my kids. Luckily, my son is pretty good about going to sleep at night on his own, so I've never really had to do that with him. Maybe that's part of why I don't want to have to do that with my daughter...my oldest child has spoiled me lol.
Meatless Monday went a bit better this week...no mild food poisoning to contend with this time, so yay! I made some bean and cheese enchiladas this time and they turned out SO yummy! I'm definitely gonna keep that recipe in rotation for a while, even if the "Meatless Monday" thing doesn't work out for us...seriously, they were that good. Not to toot my own horn here, but they really tasted like I'd ordered take-out from a restaraunt, or at least that's what my mom said (cause she's not biased or anything). But when family members go back for thirds, you know you must be doing something right. Still haven't tried any of the recipes with lentils yet, but there's one on my mealplan for next Monday so here's hoping it's relatively tasty otherwise I think I may have a family revolt on my hands. I know that hubby is hoping the whole thing crashes and burns before I make him eat a lentil, but I'm hoping that maybe if I just don't tell him it's lentils until after he's eaten it things may go a bit better.
Going back to my last post about craftaholism (also "craft ADD"), I've been decupodgeing a lot lately. My mom and I found this great empty box at the grocery store...it was used as a display box for corn muffin mix and it's shaped like those magazine boxes they sell at office supply stores. We got it to hold my son's artwork from nursery school because the folder I'm currently storing it in is getting a lot full. Well, it was just a plain old cardboard box and of course I couldn't just use it as-is, so I busted out the Modge Podge and my collection of scrapbooking papers and got to work. Now it's mostly multi-colored polka dots with a shorter band of multi-colored stripes along the bottom. I still have to cover the inside with paper, but in theory I could use it now as it is, I just actually want to finish it this time. But still, not bad considering the box was free and I already had the papers and Modge Podge on hand. My next project is to cover a cardboard soda flat in decorative paper to use as a mail tray on our hutch...not sure which papers I want to use though. Anyway, I guess that's about all for now...until next time!
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