Snapshot Five

Thursday morning Little J woke up acting strange.  She would cry any time I picked her up or moved her, and refused to move her left arm.  She said her arm 'urt, but couldn't point to a specific place.  Nothing strange happened the night before, so I assumed she slept on it funny or something.  I missed work on Wednesday because of my glucose test (I passed...yay!) so I didn't want to call in last minute.  I got both girls ready and we headed to day care.  Little J fell asleep in the car (very uncommon) and when I tried to get her out of her car seat she was crying again.  I talked to Miss J about her arm, and watched Little J struggle to get in her booster seat by herself, only using her right arm.  Something was clearly bothering her.  I headed to work, and called our clinic as soon as it opened to talk to a nurse.

The nurse I talked to wanted us to come in right away.  She said they didn't have any openings, but the doctor would work her in.  I called the school secretary to have her find subs for me, and got out of school as quickly as I could.  I drove over to day care (thankfully super close to where I work) to pick up the girls to find my sweet little 2 year old running around like her normal little self, carrying around a big plastic Easter egg.  Miss J told me that after about half an hour she started using her arm a little, and then was totally fine.  I called our clinic back to see what they wanted me to do.  The nurse (who was a little cranky with me this time) said that if she really, truly seemed fine then it was okay for us not to come in.  I had Little J show me a bunch of things she could do with her arm, with her smiling and laughing the whole time.  Not the same little girl I had dropped off an hour earlier.  So I left the girls at day care and headed back to work.

I picked the girls up again at our normal time, and headed home for lunch.  We played for a bit, read a story and got Little J ready for her nap.  I went back a couple of times to tell Little J to get back in bed, but after that it got really quiet, so I assumed she was sleeping.  Miss A and I worked on a project, and then I sent her to get ready for nap.

Miss A called to me, "Mommy, Little J is sleeping somewhere that is not her bed."  I walked over to Little J's room to find this:

No wonder little girl has a 'urt arm when this is how she naps!  After such a crazy morning with her, I couldn't believe she climbed up her dresser during nap time!  (Don't worry, I put her back in her bed as soon as I snapped a few pictures.)

Snapshot Four

Recently, Miss A has started a pre-nap routine of wanting to make her bed.  Her bed is full of stuff, all the time.  Miss A is very particular about where everything needs to go.

To make her bed, Miss A clears everything off.  Then it's my job to help her get each of her blankets back on her bed, and straight.  Next she gets her books, miscellaneous toys and stuffed animals arranged in the appropriate places.  One day last week, after everything was just right, Miss A called me back to take a picture of her with "her guys."  Lamby is her current favorite, in large part due to Doc McStuffins having a Lamby too.  Even my bison has made it's way into Miss A's bed.  Not sure exactly how that one happened.

Snapshot Three

The girls don't have cousins on my side (yet) so our trips to visit E's family are extra special.  Miss A and Little J are the two youngest cousins, so they spend the visits running and trying to keep up with the big kids.  Last weekend we headed down for a Christmas visit, taking advantage of a free hotel room offer from a nearby casino.  We went swimming, had dinner and ended up with 6 adults and 7 kids playing in our hotel room.  It was a little loud at first, but when things quieted down, E pointed to the area under one of the nightstands in the room.  There I found the four little cousins gathered around the oldest's tablet, checking out what he was doing.  I love that he's so sweet and patient with them, and even though he's reached middle school age, he doesn't mind hanging out with the 5 and under crew.

Snapshot Two

I know I've mentioned it before, but Miss A has thought she's too old for naps since before she was two.  That's not to say she doesn't occasionally nap, it's just not a regular part of her day.  So I have a fondness for taking pictures of her while she sleeps.  Part because it doesn't happen very often, part because she tends to fall asleep in weird positions.  Like here, asleep on the couch after watching me play in the student-staff volleyball game at school.  She was awake and chatting on our way in to the house, but I only got one shoe off before crashing.

Snapshot One

As I mentioned in my last Twosday post, I want to start a series of quick posts with a picture (or few pictures) and short story behind the pictures.  Today the pictures are of one of the happiest times of day at our house, the time when Daddy gets home.  Almost every day when Daddy walks in, two squealing, happy girls run to give him hugs.