the last 2 nights, ava has been up from 12 midnight or so to 3 am or so. the first night was really hard because i had not yet fallen asleep when she first awoke. thus i was up til 3. the noise outside our window was horrible, and it was a very rough night. the following night, i did fall asleep before she woke up, so got at least one hour in. but after she falls back asleep, carter starts stirring at 4:30. he usually goes back to sleep, then wakes an hour later, falls back asleep, wakes an hour later, etc. it makes actually sleeping very hard. in short, i have had no sleep. it really stinks.
despite that, we have had several fun days. we are plowing through playdoh. and now i don't bother to clean it up until 1 minute before bedtime. "mommy! no! not clean up my PLAYDOH!still playing with it! making cheese! want some?" and he does the same thing with his drawings--he makes drawings for people then refuses to declare them finished-"mommy! no! can't go! have to make this drawing for daddy. it's not finished yet..." and he proceeds to layer color upon color on his drawing. having lived with ava's minimalism for at least a year now, this is a nice change of pace. and it seems to be inspiring her. she was so upset one day when we went downstairs to deliver a picture he had drawn--she suddenly realized that he had beat her to the punch and she was empty handed. so in a fit of desperation, she grabbed a coaster so that she would have something to give to dad as a surprise too.
she still mis-uses words to comic effect. i don't know what she thinks "talented" means, but she appears to use it as a stand-in for "overwhelmed" -- "i was SO TALENTED with all that noise in the grocery store!" -- but she says it with such seriousness, i can't bring myself to correct her overtly.
today she asked me if bees hibernate. uuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh........hhmmmmmmmmmmm.......i think some do? not sure? perhaps some migrate? let's look it up when we get home!
we went to the barkeater today--a local riding place--mostly trail rides, but the people could not have been nicer, and now the kids have a place to go to ride. and maybe mom...
