Done with Naps

Joshua has decided that he will not nap anymore. It started earlier this week ... he didn't sleep when I put him in his room on Monday or Tuesday and Wednesday we had his immunizations in the afternoon so he would have missed his nap anyway. Thursday he was with my parents in the afternoon and everyone just forgot about his nap. Today is Friday and he has been in his room for an hour and a half, playing with his bedtime teddy bear and talking loudly and excitedly the whole time. I need him to nap!! I need the quiet time in the middle of the day to play with James and get the house cleaned up/make some dinner. I was even planning to attempt a nap myself today. That is most definitely not going to happen now! At 20 months old, my boy is done with naps! My only salvation is that he will still go into his room and play for a while in the afternoon, around naptime. I think we will now have an hour each afternoon that is "quiet time" where he goes into his room and plays by himself ... it's not a 3 hour naptime but at least it's some time for myself (and James)!

Swimming with Jimmy

Sunday was my Daddy's birthday so we decided to do something fun as a family. We went swimming at the wave pool! It has been so long since Mommy and Daddy have taken me swimming because my baby brother is still so little. I really wanted to go ... I walk around the house almost every day talking about swimming and finally they took the hint!

It was my baby brother Jimmy's first trip to the swimming pool. He loves his baths and I started swimming when I was his age (about 7 weeks old) so we thought it would be fun for him. We were wrong! He just sat there, looking dazed, as I cuddled with Daddy and then Mommy in the pool. We were both really tired and even I didn't really play very much! I went down the little kid slide a few times but mostly I sat on my parents' laps. Mommy had to take Jimmy out of the pool after only about 20 minutes because he was looking cold and he had been so sick recently. As soon as they were gone I asked Daddy if we could go in the hot tub and so we sat in there for a few minutes and then joined Mommy and Jimmy in the change room. Maybe we will wait a few more months before we take Baby Jimmy back to the swimming pool.

Mommy took some pictures but they are on a disposable camera, in case it got wet or stolen, so it'll be a while before they are developed and posted on the blog.