because i need my head examined. project make-the-kid walk entered day two today, which was all fine and dandy until i threw caution to the wind and went marching into a china store with both kids. big mistake. after repeatedly reminding quinn not to touch anything, he hee-yah'd a stack of plates. somehow, only one broke. it was an epic moment of anger and embarrassment.
we did succeed in finding some fun stuff to send home for the grandmas to celebrate mother's day. i definitely will be going back to the store...without kids...saw many interesting and beautiful things that need a closer inspection. there's a chance i will be evicted from the store though.
other than the bull-in-a-china-shop episode, day two of make-the-kid walk went reasonably well. quinn is doing better and better with this new responsibility. though the exercise tired him into a successful naptime yesterday, the nap resulted in a hyper baby come bed time. i think we are officially done with naps, and that makes me very, very sad.
in other news, i am FINALLY an official resident of hong kong. i have an ID and a visa...look out hong kong!
the highlight of our day today was meeting up with friends to decorate egg shells for cascarones. we will be attending a beach picnic/egg hunt tomorrow, and the kids will get to crack cascarones all over one another. i expect them to thoroughly enjoy this and for us to be picking confetti off the floor for a few days. eh...it'll blend in with all the other stuff on the floor :-)
i'm an official resident of hong kong! in the spirit of not having my new identity stolen, i did some graffiti on the pic :-)
while we were out traipsing all over so-ho, we stopped for some interestingly flavored gelatto. the server misunderstood my request and i didn't realize it until he'd finished scooping the wrong flavor. i didn't want to be a PITA, so i just took the flavor i got...grand marnier. it was tasty, but it definitely had the after bite of alcohol...i think it was REALLY grand marnier! the kids got an orange flavor (livie) and a honey yogurt flavor (quinn) with sprinkles...they had NO complaints!
about the nap.. how long are his naps? we found that cutting down aadil's to not more than 2hrs kept him fresh in the evening and no issue going back to bed. we do the same with safiya and it works for her too. just fyi.
ReplyDeletehmmm...he usually naps for no more than 2 hours...lately it's been closer to an hour and a half. since we moved here, he also is napping much earlier than he did in tx...when he naps. yesterday, he was up before 4 from his nap, but still would not settle down for sleep until 9:30 or so. in texas, he would nap until 5 and be ready to go to sleep around 8:30 or 9. i guess we will have to play around with it on the days he actually will go to sleep. crazy kid.
ReplyDeleteOh I'd be SO sad if naptime were over with already! Nathan just turned 4 last week and he still naps daily. I feel for you! I love MY naps! :D
ReplyDeleteIt's 1:30 in the morning here in Texas so I'd better go to bed but I'll try to catch up more tomorrow!