photos from last saturday
the night was awful. somehow i drank too much tea before going to bed (well several hours before going to bed) and i could not turn my brain off. so at 3 am while i was in bed rearranging furniture to think of ways to accommodate a bigger bed for R, K woke up and was fussy. and then R woke up scared of the dark and then this woke K up again. And then K was fussy and R woke up again. You get the picture. so between 3 am and 7 am, the kids took turns waking up and needing help. i was exhausted.
K and R were already tired but were good troopers in the morning. we got dad to his 9am meeting on time. R got to school in time to go to the pool and K to have a good chunk of time to transition to older toddlers. and then i ran one errand and got to work. it was nice to see R's social skills at school. Ezra showed him his underwear but R was less interested in that and wanted to talk to Alexandra about the fact that he read Dr. Seuss' The Lorax at bedtime and that she had brought that book to school one time too. He talked about the plot which is about pollution and the environment. Though she was less interested in talking about it, R finished his story and I was proud of his initiating the conversation. I peaked in and saw K on the older side. She was walking around with a necklace looking comfortable and happy. Then Leann the teacher asked who wants to wear sunscreen and K said me. She was first in line and very cooperative. It's promising.
After school for swim class, R had a tough time. I went to pick him up and he strongly resisted leaving. he wanted to stay and play with Ezra. This resistance to going to swimming class was unusual. We got inside and I de-sanded and changed him to help him transition to going. While I did that he filled four cups with water, one for each of us. We carefully carried the cups to the car, but of course some spilled and he lost it and had a huge tantrum. Kicking, screaming, and flailing. He really lost it. This set K off and both were crying all the way to the pool. It was disheartening. When he had had a meltdown the day before, I had let him cry it out and it ended in 3 minutes. Since that was hard to do in this case as there was no place to let him calm himself down and that he seemed so overexhausted, it was hard for him to stop. and he could not recover himself.
When we got there K did not want to swimming either as she was upset. She kept saying "no water." So I took her in and said that I would stay with her. She calmed down enough to enjoy her water time. We stayed in the shallow end and they had fish rings which excited her. She walked around, reached for the rings, and even started bobbing in the water up to her chin. At the end of the class, she asked for "more water." It was good to see her not afraid and enjoying herself. We took our time getting out of the pool and hoped that R had recovered. Luckily he had. Dad and R had looked at bugs and trees and eaten some tofu until things were better.
At home, R ate a huge dinner (cheesy eggs, falafel, faux chicken, tortilla, tried peanut dip, and smoothie). K drank mostly smoothie. But both had had good snacks in the car as well. We watched some sesame street videos on Youtube followed by the rest of the IMAX: Ring of Fire video on volcanos. Off to bath and bed. R requested The Lorax again and K wanted an animal book. He is finally falling asleep and it is 10:40!
Geez. what a horrible cycle.
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