What I'm going to do

We were leaving Matt's preschool after dropping him off, and I said, "Sammy, what am I going to do next year when Matt's at kindergarten and you're at preschool and it's just me and Ben at home?" Sam immediately replied, "Potty training! Potty training for Ben!"

Ben's nap notes

Well, the time has come for no more nursing or holding to sleep for Ben's naps. He's been taking the occasional decent nap but mostly naps only 5 to 25 minutes long. And that's not good for him.

Today:
7:00 a.m. - awake for day
9:22 a.m. - in crib, standing, cruising, making screechy noises
9:35 a.m. - asleep
10:48 a.m. - awake and happy

1:37 p.m. - in crib, standing, sitting, crawling, making happy noises
1:43 p.m. - standing and crying
1:48 p.m. - sitting and crying harder
1:50 p.m. - lying down and crying hard
1:53 p.m. - asleep
2:11 p.m. - awake

December 15
6:30 a.m. - awake for day
9:18 a.m. - in crib, crying
9:33 a.m. - asleep
10:18 a.m. - awake and crying

1:09 p.m. - in crib, standing, cruising, making happy noises
1:11 p.m. - lying down, making sleepy noises
1:13 p.m. - asleep
2:31 p.m. - awake and happy

December 16
7 a.m. - awake for day
9:13 a.m. - in crib, crying
9:20 a.m. - asleep
10:20 a.m. - awake and happy

1:13 p.m. - in crib, rolling, standing, fussing
1:19 p.m. - standing and crying hard
1:20 p.m. - lying down, sitting, lying down, sitting, fussing
1:24 p.m. - asleep
3:00 p.m. - had to wake him up!

December 17
9:19 a.m. - in crib, lying down, quiet
9:21 a.m. - standing and crying/fussing
9:23 a.m. - lying down and fussing
9:25 a.m. - asleep
10:28 a.m. - awake and happy

1:14 p.m. - in crib, lying down, quiet
1:22 p.m. - loud fussing
1:24 p.m. - asleep

Barns

Sam: "What barn for, Matt?"
Matt: "A barn is like a house, except there's nothing to do in it except lay around and sleep. The animals just walk in it and go to sleep, or if there's bad weather they can go in it. Also, farmers can keep their tools in there and just go in and get what they need. Sometimes tractors are in barns but not usually."

What Sam's been saying

We were playing outside waiting for Jeff to get home. When we saw his car, Sam asked me, "Sam wipe Sam's face on Dad's car?" I said, "Ask Dad when he gets here." When Jeff got out of the car, Sam asked him, "Wipe Sam's face on your car?" Then Sam giggled uncontrollably for many minutes. That's the essence of a toddler.

This morning, Sam was turning pages in a very long book. Each page, he said, "Ding dong, ding dong." He explained, "All these pages ding dong. Not this page. All the pages ding dong but not this page right here." Who knows.