September 23, 2011

Friday:

We are doing some home improvements on the house, and today I touched up the grout in the kitchen.  Phillip tried to keep the kids entertained as he sat with them on the other side of the baby gate.  Instead of being entertained, Annabelle stood at the gate and cried.  I don't think it's so much that she wanted me to hold her, I think it's becoming more so, she wants the option of being held by me.  Crazy kid.

After nap, we went over to Kelly and Noah's house. Kelly is a mom friend who I met through MOPS and Noah is a 3 year old little boy.  We brought a bag of frozen peas and a ziploc of frozen cranberries for snack to share.  I made the mistake of letting Annabelle play with the berries and as we pulled into their neighborhood, I heard a scattering sound in her car seat.  She had dumped the whole bag out n her lap.  Luckily they were frozen, so it wasn't too much of a mess.  When we got there, Annabelle was very social playing with all the new toys and at one point, she went over to Noah and gave him a hug. It was so cute.  She went potty on the potty before we left and then we went to Tinos for dinners since we had nothing thawed at home to prepare.  The kids cleaned their plates of gyro, lima beans, hummus, broccoli, cauliflower and hummus. 

Bedtime wasn't as swell tonight.  I think Annabelle slept from 7:30-8:00, enough time for me to clean the bathrooms, and then she was up.  Bonny came over around 9:00 to sit and chat and Annabelle got up and joined us because I was done trying to fight her to sleep.  I kept thinking I got her back down, even after Phillip got home at midnight, and she kept waking.  If I held her, she would sleep, but as soon as I laid her down, she would wake.  So, I brought her in bed, where she slept next to me, and Phillip moved to the couch.  We're still figuring all this out as we go.