Monday, March 10, 2008

Parenting Practice

We got some practice being parents this weekend. We got to watch Sofia and Kayla Sunday afternoon. It was fun. Heather tried putting Sofia down for a nap in her sewing room but it was too bright and Sofia just cried. Heather eventually Sofia to nap in our bed downstairs. Heather didn’t want her to sleep on the bed alone for fear of her falling off the bed. So I went downstairs to watch Sofia. As soon as I touch the bed she began to cry and scream. I tried everything but nothing worked until I picked her up. She fell asleep on my chest with her head rammed into my neck. Sofia is a snorer and a drooler. I had a nice wet spot on my shirt when she finally woke up.

Kayla was shot out of a cannon yesterday. She was very hyper. Heather told Kayla to ask me for a drink, so she came running down the hallway. Kayla says, “Hi, can you get me something to drink?” I told her, “Ok.” Then she whispered to me, “Can I have soda please?” Let me think do I want to give an already hyper kid caffeine and sugar? I almost made the cardinal sin of giving her an energy drink instead. We have a packet of Crystal Light Energy in the cabinet that I almost gave to her. This would have made for an even more interesting day.

This whole baby sitting thing isn’t that hard. I don’t even think we are going to need daycare for our kids. I found out that placing small children in a dog carrier is a very effective way to keep them out of harms way. (No children were harmed during this photo shoot)






Sofia was very interested in petting Sandi and that is why she is crying in this photo, she couldn't get to Sandi in the cage. Sofia likes Sandi more than Bogey because Sandi moves slower and she doesn’t molest her when she gives kisses (Bogey is very aggressive with her tongue when giving kisses). Sofia was sitting on the couch with me, for a good ten minutes, petting Sandi and laughing the entire time

3 comments:

Vicky said...

If you had a bigger dog and bigger dog crate you could have a whole bunch of kids in the crate. I'm glad the practice run went well.

Amy said...

Nolan will climb in and close the door, eat his snack and just chill.

There's a spoof website somewhere that "sells" kennels for kids - funny if you have a dark sense of humor and aren't easily offended. I have tried for a few days to find the site for you but my guess it was shut down (wonder why!)

Peter and April said...

What did you do to my baby? Poor thing, well, at least your baby will not be mobile for a couple of months so you will get the hang of chasing after him and won't have to put him in a crate....lol

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