Bright spots in an otherwise difficult day. . .

It has come to be that Zoey just doesn't nap for us on the weekends--no matter how hard we try or how tired she really is. Then it gets to be so late in the afternoon that if she really did fall asleep then she would never go to bed at a decent time. Unfortunately this makes for very trying evenings around our household on the weekends. (She naps just fine at daycare.) As you all know, 2 year olds that are sleep deprived cry at the drop of a hat and are hard to reason with. Zoey is now unsuccessfully working on trying to go to sleep as I blog. Despite the extreme test of our patience today, here are some of the highlights. Above are Zoey and Zander enjoying some sibling time inbetween a rousing game of hide-and-go-seek. Zoey loves trying to find where Zander hides. I would also like to add that Zoey had a fantastic potty-training day! I am so proud of her. She is starting to do it all by herself! (Thanks Lisa for the M&M suggestion--maybe the sugar high from potty training is why she isn't napping :-)

Zoey dressed Zander in one of her hats to go over to Nana and Poppa's house for a couple of hours today. Thank you for having them as guests!

After being kicked out of the kitchen, Zoey joins daddy and Zander for storytime before dinner. This was such a sweet sight. Zander seems to really enjoy stories. Today before one of his naps he started laughing when I read one of our Mrs. Wishy-Washy books--it made me giggle.


This picture was from last week. I just thought I would add it to the pictures that I need to look at when we have a tough day. They really are just so sweet!