Why?

Why is it that when you give a 20 month old a hot dog, he eats the ketchup and leaves the hot dog.  Then when the ketchup is gone, he starts chewing the hot dog and then decides he needs to spit it out.  Hot dogs aren't that attractive to begin with, and are especially disgusting when they are rechewed and reappear on the tray.

Why is it that the same 20 month old also thinks it is fun to watch silverware go over the gate and down the stairs?  

How is it that a toddler knows exactly which boxes of cereal in the pantry have opened bags that are just waiting to be dumped in the kitchen only to fish out the marshmallows? 

And why is it that same child has an internal 5:30 am wakeup call?  

By the age of 5 1/2, they figure out these things are not so exciting any more and are satisfied with questioning everything and arguing about what they don't question.

Because, otherwise being a mommy would maybe be boring!  And then you wonder why you are so lucky to have them after all the mess and mayhem as they lie peacefully in their beds dreaming of the next days adventures.  

Balance

One would think that there would be a balance in a child's life between how many days/nights they are healthy and just fine to how many days/nights they are sick, teething or just don't feel like sleeping.  Reagan will do very well for a month or two and then - slam - no more sleep or napping.  Last night he was up with an ear infection until 12:30 and then up at 5:30 for the day.  This is half the sleep he is used to and much less sleep than I am used to.  One would think daddy would hear the screams and cries after 45 minutes at 12:00 am and wake up but his daddy could sleep through a freight train barreling through our house.  His tubes make it so most ear infections are not painful for him but they must have been plugged last night because he was one miserable little person.  

Fortunately I was very busy at work so I had no issues staying awake.  I had my friday Sandy's donut and Mountain Dew.  Then an hour later Ben surprised me with a Burger King breakfast sandwich and another Mountain Dew.  I spent about 4 hours working through a real estate transaction and completing the settlement statement and HUD - exciting?  Actually it was very interesting.  I love my numbers.  

I have a little wall hanging that says "Babies are God's way of saying you were getting way to much sleep."  How true! 

So here's hoping for a better night and a quick cat nap.  

Cloudy days

Do we still have a sun?  I am hoping we see it soon!  The cloudy skies and windy days need to find another part of the country for a little bit.  

Reagan is still teething.  I think it will be a process that won't be over for a little while.  Until then we just pray for sleep and rest between 10 pm and 6 am.  Reagan has 4 general names in his vocabulary - ma, da, na and ga.  Na is Madison and Ga is his term for anyone who looks like a grandma or grandpa.  Ma and da are self explanatory.  When he wants something I turn into mama.  If you listen closely you can make out Ashley and Kailey.  

Madison has one month of kindergarten left and then hello summer.  It will be my last few months of "double daycare" so we are pretty excited about that.  It adds up!  And Madison, well she could be a poster child for the "Kids say the darndest things" show.  There is a new comment/phrase each day.

Signing off, hoping to catch a nap and then Dr. Phil and Oprah :o)