Sleep and how it taunts me

Actually, sleep doesn't taunt me as much as Jericho does. I think he's wanting to give up his naps, but he's not quite ready yet. He's missed his nap for the past two days, but crashed early and crashed hard. He also had one night, I think it was Thursday, where he basically had a tantrum because he didn't want to go to sleep. It lasted until 10:30! We were quite firm with him and he hasn't done it again at night, but he does push the buttons a lot more at naptime and I just have to figure out if I should cut them out and put him to bed earlier or just keep fighting. The expression "pick your battles" screams at me through out the day and I don't always know when to listen.

I've actually, in spite of all that, had a pretty amazing few days. My kids are pretty awesome and I kinda love bragging about them! I'm sorry if you don't want to hear it, but THEY ROCK! Last night we went out for dinner with my parents with the boys and Kai spent the night being cute. He ate his ice cream with a spoon and managed to stay amazingly clean. He gave out kisses to everyone, smiled, said his "peez" and "tant too!" And when we were leaving, he blew kisses and waved like crazy to the man in the car next to us. When Nate's home I feel like I'm constantly pointing out cute things. Tonight Kai found his play camera and proceeded to take pictures of all of us while laughing and saying "cheese".

Jericho asked me this morning if he could wear my black beaded necklace. I said no. It's a nice necklace and the worry of him breaking it far outweighs the cuteness factor. So I found this old dog tag I got at the PNE a few years ago and he ended up wearing it the entire day. In fact, he's currently in bed... still wearing it.

Ok, enough with the kid stories... my friend R had her Granny pass away this week. I was very sad for her. But apparently the service was really good and I think she's happy she was able to go and see her and be with her family. It makes me want to invite my Nana over more and try and see GG more often. Both my Grandmothers turn 80 this year. They are both splendid in their own rights. My Grandma had 6 sons and never remarried after her husband passed away in his early 40's. My Nana had 8 children and her dream is to write a book about her life.

I know that before I know it, my babies are going to be 12, then 20... and maybe one day I'll be wishing I saw my grandkids more often. It kinda freaks me out actually to even ponder those kind of things, but I think that's what happens when you take time out of routine to try and do things right. I feel like I always want to try and be better, nicer, more intentional... but at the end of the day sometimes it's just an accomplishment to have my house clean.

What a rambler. Oh - and for those wondering about the Thailand thing... my sister in law will likely be getting married there next March. Nate and I are trying to decide if it's better to go for 3 weeks and make it an amazing family vacation... or go for a shorter period and make it more about just the two of us. Maybe even to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary? There are pros and cons to both sides, so we'll see.

Anyway, my house has been completely silent for about an hour now, so I think I'm going to join the slumber party.