Good Times

I am really anal about nap time. Life pretty much revolves around it at my house. During it, older children must be quiet and sometimes I even get a nap myself. Some people may think that I am not doing my kids any favors, because they won't be able to sleep with any noise around them, but the train in our backyard pretty much takes care of that problem. However, there is one downfall--my babies usually will not sleep unless they are in their crib. I have plenty of fond memories trying to rock Ivory to sleep at church (most of the them unsuccessful).
So, I was greatly surprised when yesterday, Ivory decided to take a nap on my bed. She woke up early from her regular nap, much too early. I could tell by the crying that she was not ready to be awake and she was frustrated to be so. I took her into my room and put her on the bed with me (since I was in the middle of my nap). She cried in protest but before I knew it, she had zonked out again and slept for another hour and a half.



I rested with her but eventually got up to work on dinner. My favorite part was when June came upstairs and saw Ivory's door open (this means to the kids that Ivory is now awake and you can play with her). "Uh-oh, Ivory's awake!" June said. "Let's find her." I saw Robyn looking under pillows and small toys (as if Ivory could hide under them). They gave up eventually and went downstairs and I followed later to tell them that Ivory wasn't really awake yet. June asked later if Ivory was sleeping past quiet time. And I replied, "Quiet time is UNTIL Ivory wakes up." Yep, still anal.

Came downstairs today while Robyn was using some new markers to find that she had found a new use for them...lipstick. Who would have thunk? I think she has very good taste, choosing a very natural color, brown. Not a bad idea, I thought. Unfortunately, since they are washable markers, it came off much too easily (no 24 hour lip color here). Now, maybe if I give her the permanent markers...