Sleepy P

So we are beginning to experiment with the dropping the nap. I'm surprised we have made it this far! Pallie and Duncan have been having shortened naps for a month or so now. While this seems to be working for Duncan, Pallie is proving a bit trickier to find the right balance. Part of this may be that she always has difficulty when her schedule is altered like for our trip to Nashville last week. So starting Monday we have been letting her quietly read in her bed then take a shorter nap. Monday this worked great and she loves "reading" so that was exciting. Yesterday, she went in her room where she naps before nap time and began reading and at some pint fell asleep. Well she must have slept longer than I realized because last night at 9 pm she was wide awake partying. Consequently, she slept in this morning. Normally I get them up at 7 but by 7:30 they were all still quiet. Finally I went up and everyone but Pallie was awake. I got them out and dressed and while I was dressing everyone else, Pallie fell back to sleep on the playroom floor!! I got everyone in the table for breakfast, Pal ate a few bites then fell back to sleep again! She finally perked up and played the rest of the morning. Just now I got her up after her reading and an hour nap, not twenty minutes later I find her asleep , in MY bed!!! Haha poor thing she will figure this schedule out soon...

Nashville

Well the great move has begun. Jenny Kate and Paul accepted an offer on our house in New Orleans and we are spending Mardi Gras break up in Tennessee looking for a new home. (for those of you who are not aware, children get a week off school for Mardi Gras in New Orleans...) while we were up here Lucy had an unfortunate accident. Her pinky finger got caught in a door (near the hinge) and it basically got severed near the nail bed. Thankfully #1 Paul was there and #2 we are in a city with gifted physicians. They did surgery and put everything back together and we are hopeful for a good recovery. Of course Lucy took everything in stride and is being super brave. She does not like the cast very much and calls it "yucky". Poor sweet Lu.

Dressing up

The babes have a rule. If you dance you have to wear a dress. They also insist that if you wear a necklace you have to wear a dress. Basically just always wear a dress. Anyway, the other day they wanted to have a dance party. Well Lucy and Pallie ran and got their princess dresses on while I started the music. They have some fantastic moves! Well of course dancing is so contagious and I joined in. Immediately there was protesting since I was not wearing a dress. I ran to my room, grabbed a full length dress I used for a Halloween costume a few years ago, and put it on over my clothes like they do. They were so tickled! It was a lot of fun and thankfully I didn't miss out on the dance party :)