Nap time.

I convinced my daughter to nap today. Every Tues. night is Bible study at our friends' house, and Grace is so bratty past 700pm. Bible Study STARTS at 7:00pm. So we got home from the park (See previous post) and AJ played in the yard, on his bike, in the rain. Silly boy. We fingerpainted inside and AJ had a hard time wrapping his mind around what to actually do. He decided it would be much better to wash his hands and then brush his teeth. Whatever. Then he went in his room for a nap.

I discovered crayon on the back of Grace's door and gave her a cloth and sprayed some bleach and made her scrub it off. I thought it was "restitution" and a form of discipline, but it turns out she likes to clean things. She begged for more cleaning. So she cleaned all the doors and windowsills on the main floor. Then she went outside and picked up all the leaves on the sidewalk and driveway and put them back in the grass. Then she cleaned her room and put all the books away on the bookshelf.

Meanwhile AJ was playing with his trains in his room. And legos, from the sound of things.

Grace finally agreed to lay down for a little bit when I mentioned that the House Fairy wanted to reward all her hard work. She had a bit o'ice cream in bed (I'm a pushover) and now is sleeping peacefully.

AJ's still up. 2.5 hours later. At least he's gated in. I'm working on a hat to go with the matching baby kimono during this downtime.