Least Favorite Day of the Week
Posted by Ida , Monday, April 26, 2010
Monday...ugh!
Mondays used to be Mommy's favorite day of the work week when she was teaching. The day went by quickly and the students were quiet and kind of zombie like. Not so much now. Maybe its because Mommy is used to having Daddy home to help out or maybe its because William is used to having constant attention from at least one parent. Maybe it is a combination of both. But, boy, oh boy. What a day!
William woke up at 6:30. He slept for 12 hours, but still sick. After breakfast Daddy gave William a "surprise." This surprise was used to close out Letter of the Week - C. A cookie from date night. Yup, Mommy looked at the clock and it was 8:18 AM! One might say that William is spoiled. Mommy says you have to take advantage of teachable moments!
Madelyn's naps were a mess today. Half hours only and she was a bit crabby. She is also sick now. Poor baby. Hopefully she sleeps well tonight and feels better soon.
William had snot all up and down his sleeves. At least he's draining. The end of these colds can not come too soon.
William and Mommy started cutting out letter D's and gluing them on construction paper. What a disaster! Mommy thinks she is going to steer clear of that activity until William gets over his cold and maybe a little longer for safe measure. Lots of TV today. William doesn't have any reason to cry, "William do it," during an episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
Nap time: let's talk about how fun that was today! William and Madelyn were both due for a nap around the same time. Mommy decided it would be easiest to put William in a little early so he wouldn't want to watch a Mickey. That would only push his nap back even further. Well, William pinched his finger in a kitchen drawer. He cried and asked Mommy to kiss it. All better? Finger? Yes. William however, was now upset because he wanted to close the drawer. Mommy doesn't even know how the drawer closed. Maybe she closed it or William did or it closed by itself. Mommy brought William and Madelyn upstairs and changed William's diaper all under extreme protest. Mommy just continued the routine as William cried. Still crying, now Willliam wanted to count the numbers at the end of his gardening book. Mommy just sat there and waited for him to calm down. He eventually started counting, but he was upset by something else and started up again. Mommy doesn't know why. After getting through the other two books, William was better and they talked about the day and sang songs. Madelyn was starting to fuss a bit. William wanted Mommy to sleep with William in his big boy bed. Mommy brought Madelyn in with them, but that didn't last long. Mommy told William she'd be right back after she put Madelyn to sleep. William was OK for a few minutes, but then called Mommy in. Mommy just got Madelyn to sleep so she ran into William's room and got in bed. A few minutes later, Madelyn woke up. William didn't want Mommy to leave. Mommy got Madelyn and tried to rock her in her car seat in William's room. William kept talking so Mommy had to leave the room with Madelyn. William called out to Mommy the entire time getting louder and louder. Madelyn was finally asleep so Mommy went back to William. After five, ten minutes of William talking and goofing around, Mommy decided it was time to get up. No nap for William. Great!
Madelyn woke up soon after so Mommy decided to finally get to the library to return the letter B books. Mommy had a late charge of $1.80 for those books. She didn't think they were out that long. Oh, well. Time sure does fly! William and Mommy found three books: one about a dragon, another about a dog and one about dinosaurs. Everyone was happy being able to get out of the house for a bit.
William did a great job of taking off his sneaker, hat and sweater after the library! Thank goodness. Mommy was cheering like crazy!
William needed a diaper change after the library and again he decided to run around half naked for awhile. Weird. He didn't try to go on the potty today though. In fact, Mommy asked a few times and he said no. While he was half naked he was doing somersaults. He hit his bare bottom on something and wanted Mommy to kiss it. Essentially, he asked Mommy to kiss his butt!
No nap = early bedtime for William. Madelyn? She had a difficult time getting to sleep. Mommy nursed her while watching the Sabres lose the series to the Bruins. She finally stayed asleep. Hopefully tomorrow goes better.
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