Trey has always napped in his swing, and he was such a good napper. Well, the last week or two he's stopped taking his morning nap, and his afternoon nap has been short. Then he's more cranky all evening and it's just not that much fun. I was seriously contemplating buying him a crib, because then I could bring the pack-n-play downstairs for him to nap in, and he could sleep in the crib at night. For some reason, I didn't think he would nap well upstairs. But, let's be honest, by 2am he's in my bed and I was doing the "is it worth paying for a crib he won't really use?" battle in my head. I had pretty much decided to buy something, either a nice crib that can covert into a bed later on or a new pack n play to keep downstairs. Well, today I had a friend over and her baby was in the swing so when I got Trey down for his nap at 12:30pm I took him upstairs and layed him down in the pack and play. He slept for 2.5 hours, the longest nap he's taken in months. Why did I not want him to nap upstairs? Yeah, I was able to clean my house well while he slept, even vacuum without worrying about waking him up. Note to self: put the boy in the pack n play for his nap!! He was ready for bed by 8pm tonight, and is dozing well...in the pack n play :)
Joshie has had a rough week. He has been in meltdown stage all.the.time. He is missing James so much, and it comes out in his uber emotional state. It doesn't help that Seth has been pestering, hitting kicking, biting, etc him so much lately. They each are trying to express their emotions in different ways I guess. It really shows the differences in their personalities, that's for sure. Josh is a sad emotion shower, he cries and is so sensitive. Seth shows his emotion in an aggressive manner, hitting, yelling, kicking. It's such a challenge some days to cater to both of them and strike a good balance. The other night we were at my friend Candi's house. Josh was melting down and crying about every little thing. He was sad because M didn't hug him. He was sad because K closed the door. He was sad (and would not stop crying) because O didn't want to share the train. I sat and held him for about 20 minutes while he sobbed. I asked him what was making him so sad, and he finally said "I miss Daddy." We ended up leaving to come home because he was just too upset to stop crying. On the way home he said "Mama, I don't want to miss Daddy anymore. I want him to be home, at our house, right now." I tried to explain that Daddy's job takes him far away, and he said "well then Daddy just needs to get a new job". I'm not really sure how, or if I even can, make this better.
Last night after I put the kids to bed Seth came back downstairs. I asked him what he was doing up and he responded "Mama, I can't sleep. I miss my friend." I said, Oh you do?and he replied "I miss my friend Daddy. He's working a loooooong time." It broke my heart almost as much as listening to Josh cry. It also reinforced that Seth does have a kind sensitive soul, it just hides behind his "Bowser" LOL.
So, onto good things and happenings of late.
St. Patrick's Day we had lots of fun. There is this cool pottery place here in the mall that you can go to and paint things. They normally have a studio fee, but if you wore green on St. Patty's day they discounted the studio fee. So we went and made presents for Mother's Day. I sent the boys upstairs to get dressed before we left, with the instructions of put on something green. Well, Seth came down in his dinosaur costume...it's green. I totally let him wear it. Do you think I thought to get a single picture of him painting in his dinosaur costume? Nope. Darn it! It was so much fun painting with the boys though. They were really well behaved, and I was so proud of them! Josh chose to paint a "Piggy" bank, and Seth chose to paint a "Dinosaur" bank. I snapped a pic on my phone before we left. (You have to leave them to be fired, and they call in 10-14 days when they are done.)
I had this great vision of the plate I wanted to make for myself. I wanted a red plate with black handprints that said "Happy Mother's Day 2010" with the kids names under the handprints. So I paint the plate red, and I'm all excited about it. I paint the plates for the grandmas white, and get everything ready. As I am finishing getting my palate of paint for handprints I hear "Oops. I'm sorry, Mama" and Seth has painted a dark green slash across the red plate. Sigh. So, I decided they had a better vision than I did, and let all 3 boys paint the plate as they felt appropriate. After all, it is a "gift" from them right?
All in all, it was a great day. I can't wait to see how the plates turn out after firing, and to send them off to the Grandmas and see how they like them. It was a blast, and I hope to do it again for Father's Day.
Trey just woke up, so I'll have to continue the blogging another time.
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