Sarah Goes To Her First Garage Sale / Nap Time Fiasco

Thurs. 6/18/09

After breakfast, the girls and I drive to the rummage sale at Holy Name Church. It starts to sprinkle on the way there. It’s raining pretty hard as I get the stroller out of the car. I’m having second thoughts now, but we’ve gotten this far, so might as well get a little wet.

Once inside the church, we head for the toys and kid’s clothes. Jenna finds a large stuffed giraffe. I find a couple of dolls for Sarah to look at. She picks a baby doll with the pacifier in its mouth. She won’t let go of it so I can put it in our bag. Have I mentioned she can be very stubborn and strong willed? I let her carry the doll around the room and hope she doesn’t set it down. A couple minutes later, the baby doll is missing its pacifier. I locate it under one of the tables. Sarah still doesn’t want to give it to me to hold. Both girls find a pair of sunglasses that they want to get. I trade the baby doll for the sunglasses.

I look through the kid’s clothes and find a couple of cute things to buy. We head over to the book room next, even though we have enough books to start our own library. I can’t resist . . . the books call to me. I want to expose the kids to as many books as possible. My wish is that the girls grow up to love books as much as I do.

We head for home. It’s getting hot outside. It’s almost time for lunch. Lunch goes smoothly. I feel like I'm running around the kitchen trying to keep up with food demands. It's a good weight loss method because it's hard to eat while standing up.

The day was going fairly smoothly until nap time. It pays to NEVER MAKE ASSUMPTIONS when things are going well! Since I want to establish a daily routine, I was very firm about both of them taking a nap. If you’re a parent, you understand how tough it is to be consistent in the face of adversity - namely 2 small children :)

Neither Jenna nor Sarah wanted to settle down for a nap. Sarah had a major meltdown. Have I mentioned that she’s a champion at throwing tantrums? She goes into the classis tantrum mode of screaming, crying, kicking her legs, waving her arms, and throwing her head back. Jenna went into the other bedroom to get away from all the noise. After screaming for over an hour, Sarah finally started to get tired. It was kind of comical to watch her eyes slowly drift shut as she’s screaming her head off. She starts to fall asleep and lists sideways, but then jerks herself awake. She’s very determined not to fall asleep. The next thing I know, Sarah and I are both waking up from a short nap. I feel exhausted. Wonder how Sarah feels?

I’m so glad to see Tim when he gets home from work. He’s tired, too. It’s hard work establishing a new routine. For supper, Tim grills hotdogs. It’s quick and easy. We eat chicken noodle salad with grapes and mandarin oranges courtesy of a neighbor - Thanks Wendy!

The kids are in bed by 9:00 p.m. They should be tired. We’ve got our fingers crossed that they’ll sleep through the night. Heaven knows, Tim and I are tired and we need to get a good night’s sleep.

Friday: A good night’s sleep was not in the cards!