Noelle had a great day with Aunt Amy. Despite the LARGE AMOUNT OF SUGAR Amy allowed her to have. (she seems to forget I'm good at doing paybacks) Amy said that she was very well behaved, polite and quiet. Noelle and quiet don't usually go together.
Last night, the kids and I watched the "wonder twins" so that Amy and Jon could go to the baseball game. Here are some of the exchanges we shared:
- Me: "Jack are you poopy?"
- Jack: "No, Jack no poopy."
- Me pulling back diaper: "Jack, yes you ARE poopy!"
- Jack: "giggle, giggle giggle"
- Me: "Riley, lets take your socks off."
- Riley: "No, no socka on a Riley foot."
- Michael lets out large burp
- Riley: " 'scuse you MIkcoe"
When we put the boys down for bed, Jack lays down with his blanket looking at a book. Riley is screaming. I tell the kids to tell the boys good night to hopefully help lesson Riley's despair. I give them both a kiss and the kids and I head to theater area of the basement to watch "Enchanted".
Riley is still crying after 30 minutes so I go up to try and calm him down, then this happens:
- Riley: "Riley out bed pea's, a hold you Erin."
- Me trying to stick by the rules: "No Riley, it's time for bed."
- Jack looks at me and smiles (more than likely thinking "I'm the good one")
- Riley arms up: "Erin pea's Riley out bed now." (said between sobs)
- Me: "Come here Riley."
I then rock him while he tries to calm down. It's funny when it's your kids you tend to stick by the rules of "no, it's bedtime and you need to sleep" but when it's not your child you quickly turn into this pile of mush and give in.
After rocking him for about 20 minutes, I put him back to his bed, he starts to scream again. As I look back, he is standing in his crib, holding on and throwing his head back yelling "no, Riley out bed now". I heartlessly look back, say " I love you Riley, night night". Jack, who is still quietly looking at his book with out missing a beat says "night Erin".
