The Age of Realization

Dylan has finally recognized that he has to take a nap in the afternoon and his brother and sister do not. He is not happy about it. Yesterday, I put him down for his nap and he cried and cried. He finally seemed to settle down but only for an hour. Normally, he takes at least a two hour nap. Then today, I tried to get him down just before taking the other two out. Again, he cried and cried. I left and when we returned two hours later, no nap. Vic said he cried for about 30 minutes and so he got Dylan up. He seemed fine though he fell asleep in the car on the way back from getting groceries. He did go to sleep a half hour earlier today but he started out crying "No nap." After a couple of minutes he had a change of heart, asked for a toy car and lay down in the bed. I guess he is really a toddler now.

Pumpkin Patch

A week ago on Saturday we visited a nearby pumpkin patch with some friends. The kids were very excited to dress up in their costumes. Gina is Supergirl and Andrew is Superman (Lame mom forget to check on the battery for the camera so I was dependent on others for the pictures). Below is Gina with her friend Gabriel. I also have a Giants baseball outfit for Dylan. It was originally bought for Gina but she never wore it and neither did Andrew. I bought an official baseball cap to go with it as well (I actually went twice because he apparently does not have a toddler size head). But when it came to putting on the outfit, he refused. He also turned down the giraffe costume that has been handed down from the bigger kids. So he wore the hat for a while but not for any of the pictures. He may end up going out trick or treating dressed as a toddler, we will have to see.

Haircut Day

This morning we were all set to go to Andrew's soccer game. I was dressed, Andrew had his uniform, I was looking for his shoes (which I never did find) and then... it started to rain. Five minutes later there was a notice that the soccer fields were closed because of the rain. So no soccer. If this had happened 30 minutes earlier I could have gotten the kids into their Halloween costumes and headed over to a Halloween party. Instead, the kids wanted to play in the rain. The rain only lasted about 15 minutes so they were happy to play in the mud. As always, they became covered in mud, even Dylan. Now he wants to be part of whatever is going on.

While Dylan took his nap, I remembered that Andrew has school pictures on Tuesday. Gina wanted a haircut and Andrew was looking a little shaggy so we were off to the haircut place with Nana. They ended up being busy but could take all three kids later in the afternoon. So we went back two hours later with all three kids. The kids played upstairs since it wasn't quite time but then Andrew started calling: Mama! Mama! Accident time. Of course I had forgotten a change of clothes so I rushed Andrew home to change while Nana looked after the other two. When we returned, Dylan's hair was done. My mom was a little shocked at how short they cut it, but it looked similar to his last haircut. Gina was happy with her hair especially since they put glitter and a new clip in it. Then it was Andrew's turn. I told the woman I wanted his hair curly but not so fluffy. In the past that description has been fine. She even asked if I wanted it as short as Dylan's and I said No, longer. This time though she took out the clippers and the next thing I knew, blond curls were falling to the floor. His hair ended up being very short. And no curls. Next time, I will insist on only scissors.