Remember yesterday’s blog where we were hoping the kids would sleep later? Well, it didn’t happen. They were up at 3:30 a.m. Tim got up with them while I slept longer.
We thought of going to church today, but quickly abandoned that idea. Didn’t think it would be a good idea. We're still sleep deprived and Sarah hasn’t been in the car seat since her ride home from the airport. She didn’t like it then and we figured she wouldn’t like it now. Maybe next week would be better for church . . . .
After breakfast, I took Jenna and Sarah in the back yard while Tim slept. I managed to wash the patio table and pull some weeds while the girls played. I spent most of my time “helping” the girls learn how to take turns using the slide. Of course, that was the only toy (in a yard full of toys) they both wanted to play with.
I’m amazed at how quickly Sarah is picking up English. She seems to understand most of the things we say to her now. I’ve been pantomiming to help her understand my words. She talks a lot in Chinese and is now speaking some English. These are the English words she speaks: more, please, thank you, Jenna, mommy, daddy, meow, bye bye.
To help Sarah adjust to being restrained in the dreaded car seat, our goal is to take her for a ride every day. So, after a short one hour nap, we decide to go to the grocery store. As we’re carrying Sarah to the car, she begins to struggle and cry. It took both of us to get her strapped in. I felt like we were abusing her. She can squirm and arch her back like a pro. We quickly abandoned the idea of going to the grocery store and decided to drive around our neighborhood. She wailed and kicked for 15 minutes (seemed like an hour). In that space of time, she managed to put a couple of good scratches on her face and legs. As she’s screaming and crying, she announces that she needs to go potty. Since Baker Park was close by, we pulled in and used their facilities. We took the kids to the play area. Sarah slowly calmed down with the help of goldfish crackers and water. She was very interested in watching all of the kids play. We spent the rest of the afternoon at the park. Jenna learned how to use the zip line and had a blast. Poor Tim was running with her every time she “zipped”, since she isn’t tall enough to get off the bar herself. Sarah was very cooperative getting back into the car seat and fell asleep on the ride home.
In three weeks, we’re going up north on vacation. The car ride is 2 ½ hrs. We’re hoping Sarah will be adjusted to the car seat by then. We don’t relish the idea of a screaming child the entire ride. Hopefully, today “cured” her of her car seat phobia.
The kids were tired when we got home from Baker Park. Jenna and Tim fell asleep before supper. Sarah almost fell asleep at the dinner table. By 7:45 p.m., both kids were fast asleep. We’ve got
our fingers crossed that they sleep until 7:00 a.m. Tim and I want to get to sleep “early” to catch up on our beauty sleep. I’m trying not to fall asleep while I’m writing this blog entry. Time for bed. It’s almost 9:15 p.m.
Margaret
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