The girls and I were all off work and school yesterday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Since Jose doesn’t work for the government anymore, alas he did not have the day off. He dutifully headed to the office while the girls and I had breakfast at Dunkin Donuts. Yum.
It was a pretty low-key day after that. We came home and played games for a while, then went out again to meet Jose for lunch, then back home for art projects and TV time. Around 3:30 we headed over to the park. In rapid succession, one of Emma’s friends and classmates showed up there also, followed by 2 other 2nd grade boys from their school. Emma had a blast, and Charlotte had a blast following them all around, and a good time was had by all. It was a fortuitous kid gatherings, and I loved it.
On Sunday afternoon, we finally took the plunge and did what we’ve been talking about doing for several months — putting the girls in the same bedroom. Somehow this had become a huge complicated thing in my head. The factors at play:
- Emma falls asleep quickly. Charlotte does not, especially on weekdays when she naps at daycare.
- In the middle of the night, every night, Charlotte gets up and goes into Emma’s room and climbs in bed with her. They both like this sleeping arrangement.
- However, it doesn’t usually work to start the night with them together because Charlotte tosses and turns and twirls Emma’s hair and keeps Emma awake. Whining and arguing ensues. So they need to go to sleep in separate beds.
I’m hopeful that with the beds in the same room, they will be happy to be in the room together, but can also each fall asleep on their own. My ideal outcome is that we finally (FINALLY) get to a point where Jose or I can say “ok, goodnight!” and leave the room, and they (and particularly Charlotte) just…go to sleep.
Fingers crossed.
This of course means that we now have another bedroom with any beds. So for now, it will be a playroom! There’s no room for 2 dressers in the bedroom, so Charlotte’s dresser will still be in here as well. They were both excited to have all this space, so that was an encouraging sign as well!
I taught walking foot quilting at Sparkly Elephant on Saturday and we had a great class. I’ve taught a few different classes now, and each time I teach something new I spend several hours preparing — writing down notes, sometimes making a handout, gathering and/or sewing samples, etc. But this was the second time I taught walking foot quilting, and that made the prep work much easier!
I also put together (and then took apart) a new 1,000 piece puzzle. I’ve done several puzzles in the last year or so, and had forgotten how fun they can be! I was thinking it’d be fun to set a goal of doing 24 puzzles this year — 2 per month. I’m talking about decently complicated puzzles, at least 500 pieces or more, but also nothing insane like those 2,000 piece puzzles that are only 1 color.
Anyway, I’ve already done 2 puzzles in January. I have 2 more that I haven’t done yet. But then what? I want to do more, but I also don’t want to keep accumulating puzzles! I’ve been told the library might have them, so I’ll check there. I also found a couple puzzle swap sites and FB groups that might work?
With the holiday yesterday and a flex day for me on Friday, this will be a nice short week I think!
Check thrift stores for puzzles?
Oh and I would love the day of turning off the light and the kiddo just going to sleep!