friday night was a return to home with exhausted children. it is the end of the week. both kids are sleep deprived and need to get some extra hours in some where but can't seem to manage. r uses his naps at school to sleep but stays up too late and is tired in the morning. k can't nap at school for very long and has dark circles under her eyes. so it was a night where we barely tolerated each other's neediness and just got through the evening. ms. k also let me know that she misses nani and nana. luckily it was bath night and there was food to be had. but there was a lot of limit testing and resistant behavior. hopefully a good night sleep will help. k had a rough night and kept complaining her legs hurt. she woke up approximately 4-5 times throughout the night; it was very unlike her. growing pains? r gets them all the time, but she does not usually develop them.
saturday morning, k woke up at her usual 8 am. so we headed out to see uncle tom run his half marathon. r slept in so ruskin stayed home. k was very excited to be seeing some of her peeps (people). she chanted masee-tom all the way there. she also mentioned this morning that "mama come my house." we met masee (who was with linda and jerry) and watched all the runners in costume go by. she was a little put off by the crowds. her mood was fine, but she stayed close to me. we saw uncle tom at the finish line. k enjoyed hanging out with masee-tom for a little while and then we headed home. r was finally awake and eating his breakfast when we got there. certainly when you get out of bed at 10:30, things run a little slower. but he certainly was perkier with a good night's sleep. k decided to eat again with her brother. it was decided that he and his dad would do a project and k and i would take care of groceries. somehow we have been utterly depleted and need to restock many basics. k and i had a grand old time shopping. she "helped" by holding her favorite foods. we came back, unpacked, and went up for a nap. she slept 2 hours which was great. when she woke up, ruskin and r had returned so everyone had snack. though we had planned to do other things, it became an evening doing last minute yard work before the anticipated FROST. we got a few things done and then everyone came in and had some dinner. family puzzle time followed while dad started the weekly ritual of roasting our farm veggies. children fell asleep. ruskin and i watched some of the documentary FINAL SOLUTION by rakesh sharma on Godhra and the massacre of muslims in gujarat. it will be required viewing for family members when they have time. i am teaching part of it in my bollywood class. this week we are doing roja, then mr. and mrs. iyer, and finally lagaan in our unit on communalism, hindutva, and nationalism. i am looking forward to it. but watching the documentary was incredibly powerful. it is hard for me to imagine that kind of violence in ahmedabad. and yet it happened. it makes you wonder which of the people that you know would either participate or not protect their neighbors.
sunday was a more mixed day. the kids slept in until about 8:30. r had a tantrum in the morning as he is trying out his new sense of autonomy. we have been hearing things like "i am angry," "don't tell me what to do," and "no i don't want to." it is good in that he does not wilt when he can't/won't do what we want. we will have to help him through his opposition to communicate and discuss. it gets trickier, doesn't it? k and i did more grocery shopping while it snowed. yup it snowed.
both the kids took a nap. everyone got up. some had cheese, some soup, some both. dad's soup -- squash-lentil is incredibly yummy. and dare, i say it, better than our friend jeff's pumpkin lentil soup. off to the basement for play time, then snacks, and bed time.
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