Sleepy Boy

This morning Vic needed to get into work a little early so I tried to get Andrew up a little earlier since Vic takes him to preschool some mornings. I talked to him about it the night before so he would have some warning. Come morning though, he was fast asleep and when he was some what awake he just didn't want to get up. I finally dragged him out of bed so that he would go use the bathroom but then he just returned to bed and rolled up in the covers. It was starting to get late so I pulled him out of bed, took off his night clothes and dressed him. During the whole time, he had his eyes closed. Even dressed, he still wouldn't get up on his own. Finally with the threat of being put in the car with only a bag of dry cereal for breakfast, he started moving on his own, had a bowl of cereal and then left with Vic. Some mornings just are not easy.

Bunk beds

We bought bunk beds for Gina and Andrew about a month ago but they have been sitting in boxes in our dining room ever since. The kids have been sleeping on mattresses on the floor with Dylan in the crib in the meantime but that arrangement was getting pretty old.

This weekend Vic started to put the bed together. It also has three drawers underneath that had to be assembled so it took some time as the kids kept interrupting the process. Tonight the bed was finally in one piece and the kids were so excited. Dylan can easily climb to the top bunk which may pose a safety issue but for tonight they all had fun trying it out. When it was time for bed though, they had great difficulty settling down. I finally had to banish Andrew to our bed so that they would all go to sleep.

Playdate

Last month Gina and Andrew had the day off for Martin Luther Kings Birthday. Dylan's daycare was open. I arranged to have Andrew go to daycare as well so he could have a playdate with his friend Julian and I took his brother Gabriel to have a playdate with Gina. Andrew is not normally very excited to go to daycare since he is by far the oldest, but he was definitely excited about playing with Julian for the day. When Gina and Gabriel first got to our house, Gabriel spied a soccer ball and they started running around the yard with the ball. Except for a little friction about the specific rules, they had a lot of fun and got tired out. Once inside, they each started reading on the couch. They sat there for about 45 minutes before looking for something else to do. Then I remembered the Sorry board game that Gina had received for Christmas. The perfect solution for bored kids. I wish I had thought of it earlier since they really got into it and then we had to leave for lunch and skating before they finished the game.

After lunch we headed for the ice rink. Both Gina and Gabriel really like to skate though Gina had been skating since last summer. She started out hanging onto the sides a lot but gradually she got her confidence back. After awhile she was skating around the rink with ease. She could have kept on skating for a long time but Gabriel got tired first. We'll have to try again soon. Maybe next time I will give it a try too.

Airplanes

For Christmas, Andrew received a calendar that was also for making paper airplanes. Each day there are directions to use the paper from the previous day to make a paper airplane. I think there were about 30 different designs. Rather than actually using it as a calendar, Andrew started to make airplane, after airplane, after airplane. Sometimes he asked Vic or me to make a specific plane. Sometimes he followed the directions and other times he would just fold it how he wanted. Some were cut up in various shapes. After about a week the house was covered in paper airplanes. I would find them in every corner and behind things. I corralled most of them into two big paper bags (those that didn't end up in the recycling bin). He was disappointed when he finally ran out of calendar pages but now he is very good at making some cool paper airplanes.