For those who are sick of these postings about my bedtime/nap time woes, you may ignore this whole post. I'm not done venting.
I was so tired yesterday from combined: couple days' heavy physical exertion, several days low sleep, emotional trauma, and (hello?!) carrying and feeding and growing a baby. So I succumbed to temptation and put Evie down for nap first and she of course fell asleep within 10 minutes. I then put Sterling in his bed, which I thought would work out like Wednesday when he just fell asleep as well. Apparently, he was just extra-special tired that day and so he was able to resist the temptation to torment/abuse his roommate.
He was not so tired yesterday.
I went downstairs to get a quick bite of lunch and was on my way upstairs to take a nap myself, when I hear commotion in their room. Quel horreur! He had her straddled and was jumping up and down chanting, "Sardine burrito, sardine burrito!" (This is what we say to him when we are tucking him in for the night- a corruption of Baby Burrito, and Sardines packed tight in a can, I guess. But we don't jump on him!) Anyway, she was rosy cheeked and rubbing bleary eyes at him and then at me in confusion. I guess the sight of her peacefully sleeping was too great a lure for him and his Dennis the Menace gene kicked in. This was even after my repeated pep talks with him about being very quiet and not waking Sissy up. Do all three-year-olds have this overwhelming compulsion to be contrary? Or am I just lucky?
Our ward temple trip was last night, so we left the kids with Doug's mom and blissfully skipped town at 4pm. We had a lovely evening, which was a much needed break for me and came home at around 10pm. His mom had put Evie down first and then Sterling as we had requested (for it to be easiest for her) and even after the scolding he got from me in the afternoon, he proceeded to turn the light on and pounce on Sissy again. So Verna ended up having to sit on his bed until they both fell asleep.
Here is a picture Sterling captured of the scene last night. Obviously making good his escape while Grandma was calming Evie down and swiping the camera from the computer desk.
And a picture of the perpetrator during the crime:
Based on his calling card, I think I'll call him the "Documenting Disrupter"
2 comments:
That is seriously hilarious! I guess not for you though. But I enjoy reading about it! Probably because anyone with kids feels for you! Aren't these transition stages so fun?! Just remember, you can get through this! :)
ok, so i didn't have time to finish reading these other posts last night (i was a little tired myself), but i had to comment on here again. i love that sterling took off with the camera! he's a becoming quite the photographer! that's a great picture of gramdma and sis. :)
and keep posting when you have time. i'm just waiting for these kids to turn a corner with the bedtime thing. i hope it's soon! it will give me hope when i'm in this situation. then i can just look back on your blog and say to myself, "see! it only took 5 days for things to resolve themselves." good luck!
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