Canche Chronicles: Emy gets around

TUESDAY was a pretty low key day. The girls were up by 7:30 or so and I had a spot at the gym for 9:30 so we took our time eating breakfast and getting dressed. A guy from Longview Pest Control came around 9 to do a periodical spraying. I know this particular guy has come to spray before because I sorta recognized him but Haley greeted him like he was a long lost friend. She then followed him around the house as he sprayed and was talking to him the whole time. She is usually pretty shy around new people, especially men, so I was pretty surprised. He did have a super friendly face, he looked kind of like Yogi the Bear.

I ran and showered at the gym while the girls played. Well, Haley doesn’t really play, I’m pretty sure she watches whatever movie they have on for the whole time. She didn’t want to leave when I came to pick her up, they were watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. When we got home both of the girls seemed tired so I put them in their beds to sleep or rest. We had small group in the evening so Haley wasn’t going to take a nap so that she could go to bed super early but I figured if she napped at 10:30 then she would still be able to have an early bedtime. She had been walking around with her bunny and paci and looking sleepy but as soon as I put her in her room she was wide awake. I could hear her singing in there and getting all of her books out. She came out twice to use the bathroom. Emily was not very tired at first either, I think she was distracted by Haley. The two times that I helped Haley use the potty, Emily was sitting up in her crib playing or standing up and holding onto the side. I did some cleaning while the girls “rested” and then I eventually let Haley out so Emily could sleep.

David got home just before lunch. He was supposed to be gone until late afternoon/evening so it was really nice to have him home early. He played with the girls and grilled brots for lunch. Emily did not sleep very long so she just ate a later lunch. David played with the girls in the den while I swept and mopped and then went to the Mason’s to tutor Caroline. He said they did pretty well while I was gone. The Masons gave me a car riding toy and a car seat for Emily which was super nice and hardly used. Well, I did pay for the car seat, Bonnie had texted a bunch of girls from church and said she had it for sale and I told her I wanted it. It was only $30 and it is a Graco that goes through the stages with the kid, eventually you just have a booster seat. I definitely got the best end of that deal!

When I got home from Masons I started dinner for small group while Haley played in the new car. The car is one of those things that they kids sit in and it has a long handle for the adult to push the kid so they think they are actually driving it somewhere. Mimi has two of them at her house I think. Our small group started to arrive around 6. I could tell Haley was getting tired because she was being pretty outgoing and kind of silly. Haley and Emily ate pot pie with us for dinner and then David put Haley to bed and about fifteen minutes later I put Emily to bed. Emily was still eating, she loved the pot pie. About halfway through the study Haley started crying and I went in there and she had fallen out of bed. Random, I don’t know the last time that happened. Anyways, I put her back in and sat with her for a couple minutes until she got over it, she was pretty disoriented. After that she slept the rest of the night.

Emily is teething so she didn’t have such a great night. We gave her Tylenol at some point during the night, maybe 3, and then she slept better. WEDNESDAY David did not have to work so it was kind of a family day. It started out at the gym where David and I ran together and then I took a shower. I love taking showers at the gym, maybe you’ve noticed. After the gym my co-coordinator for MOPS, Janette, came over so we could meet about MOPS stuff. She brought her two kids, Karys (5) and Zane (2). The kids played pretty nicely while we met. They really liked watching David who was mowing the lawn. David came in when he was finished the back and got them all ice pops and took them outside. I think he just wanted one but knew that he couldn’t eat one in front of them , haha. Towards the end of the meeting Haley randomly hit Zane on the head with one of her toy pots. It was pretty blatant and awful so I ended up spanking her. After her spanking I was holding her because she was still sad and she hit me! Oh my, she went right back to the bathroom and got another spanking, a harder one this time. After that she spent the rest of the day talking about how she’s not supposed to hit.

Janette left right before lunch so I fed the girls as soon as she headed out and then put them down for naps. Haley had a hard time falling asleep, I’m not sure why. She was talking and singing and playing for at least an hour before she fell asleep and then she hardly slept an hour! Emily slept right through her shenanigans and then napped for over three hours. Haley woke up super cheerful so I guess all she needed was an hour of sleep. She must have been hungry because she ate five slices of cheese and a cookie for snack, gross.

In the afternoon we worked on folding laundry and getting the house ready for us to leave. We decided on Wednesday to head out Thursday through Saturday for a short family vacation to the beach in Galveston. We had been waiting for a good weekend for us to leave. Basically we just needed for David not to be on any trips because he doesn’t have any vacation days left. We figured Galveston is close enough that if a trip does happen to pop up that he could make it back home in plenty of time. Anyways, I hate leaving for anywhere with a dirty house so we were straightening up and packing for most of the afternoon. David is leading worship on Sunday so he had to get the songs and powerpoint all made so he wouldn’t have to think about it on vacation.

Wednesday night we had our church potluck. The usual family that brings pizza is gone on vacation so we just picked up two Little Caesar’s hot and ready pizzas as our contribution. Unfortunately the Masons had also thought of that! I had texted Meg and told her I was going to, I should have texted Bonnie too! I thought Haley would be a mess by the end of the night because of her short nap but she actually went strong the whole time we were there. She ate some pizza and played outside a lot of the time. Emily ate a bunch of pizza and got passed around a lot. I played with her on the floor during the discussion time, she kept trying to pull up on stuff. Bonnie was outside with the kids during the discussion time and she took a bunch of pictures of them and sent them to me so you can thank her for our blog picture today. After church we came home and put the kids right to bed. Then David and I stayed up and tried to get a good hotel on priceline. I think priceline is a little too risky for vacation and there are just too many junky places in Galveston that I was afraid we would get stuck with. We ended up just paying full price for a place right on the beach. We’re actually driving on our way there now, we’ll let you know how it goes!

Haleyism:

This morning Haley woke up before Emily and she was whining to go and get her but I told her she had to wait until she woke up. Finally Haley sighed and said, “Emily is just so cute.”

Emilyism:

Yesterday I was vacuuming the guest room and Emily and Haley were in the den. When I finished and came out, Emily was in the living room, she had climbed the steps!