change of schedule

so for a week i found elenora staying up long after i put her to bed at 6:30 pm. i'd hear her playing in her crib until 8:40 pm some nights. monday night she stayed awake until she was so overtired she started screaming from her crib at 9 pm: "pick you uuuuup. mommy, okaaaaaay. pick up. okaaaaaay." it was really sad.

so we've decided to try putting her to bed a half hour later. maybe she just doesn't need to go to bed quite so early anymore? last night we tried bedtime at 7 pm, and at 7:22 i listened to the monitor for over a minute and didn't hear a peep. hopefully that is that.

i took elenora to a new park yesterday on great neck, which is a peninsula off of ipswich town. this park is located right across the street from a beautiful little beach, and you can watch the sailboats going by. the park itself has a huge structure that looks like a pirate ship with windows in the ship's hull to climb in and out of and a large web for children to climb up/through. there are also swings, a gazeebo, and various play structures, like a hippo that has its mouth wide open as a tunnel for kids to climb through, a globe of the world, a musical instrument kind of like a metalic piano, two croccodiles to sit on, and some spinny seats. we met up with frannie and j., who we hadn't seen in awhile, and ella enjoyed playing with her 7-year-old friend.

since we had a longer afternoon playtime than usual, we stopped by the library on the way home and got new books. ella likes to toddle through the children's room saying "teddy bear! library!" and then she will find the teddy bear and say things like "teddy bear sit here. find a book. read a book." good thing the children's room is located far away from the rest of the library.

k. came over last night and i got to hear all about her date. i'm so happy for her and hope this guy continues to be as nice and genuine as he seems.