Sleepytime

Thank the lord for naptime. I love Ella, but I also really love that two hours I get to catch up on some things that are hard to do with her or just relax. During her nap today I’ve already unloaded and put away groceries, put away two loads of laundry, watched an episode of Desperate Housewives, and now I’m blogging. Pretty productive.

We had a nice Thanksgiving. And I really appreciate the fact that my mom has it at her house and does all the cooking! She made an awesome meal.

Friday was a short day at work then since we then headed up north to see my husband’s family.

The whole trip went really well. Ella was really good in the 4-hour car drive. She napped half the time, then was mostly content.

We spent most of our time then at Steve’s sister’s. Her three-year-old was really excited to see Ella. He sat her right down and took off her shoes and socks for her. He couldn’t wait to play. And Ella was also really interested in the new baby Jayden. There was a little too much poking, but mostly she was really nice to him. Way nicer than she is to the cats, so that’s a relief.

We stayed in a hotel which was also a nice luxury. There was no way Ella would have slept in this house with fun toys and little cousins to play with. So Ella and I spent naptime at the hotel. I read while she slept. And everynight she and I went back to the hotel at 8 to go to bed. And since we’re in one room I just layed in bed with the lights out and fell asleep myself both nights. I’m more rested from this weekend than I ever am. It feels pretty good!

We swam twice in the pool too and spent plenty of time at the breakfast bar and the little kids corner in the dining room. They actually had a little table and a shelf full of crayons, puzzles and other kids toys. Little things like that for kids make such a huge difference.

OK, well now I need to get on top of some online Christmas shopping before naptime ends …