skipping naps

s. is always asking me to "skip naps" with her and spend the afternoon doing something fun. as of today, i think it's best to start skipping naps and just put ella to bed earlier each night. we've gotten to the point where she only really slept for her nap time about 2 times a week, and i get home from work and just rush around trying to do a short outing before lunch and then rush her into her bed for a "nap." then she plays in her bed and i rush around the house trying to get a few things done before i need to get her up and rush her out for an afternoon activity before rushing home to get her to bed early.

this way i can take the whole day more leisurely and still get her to bed early.


anyhow, we'll see how it goes.


today it went well. i called s. and she was down with the nap skipping plan, so she headed over here and we took the girls to bradley palmer state park's wading pool. the wading pool is this beautiful, huge, shallow pool with various fountains springing up. it was a good hot day and the water was so cool. s. brought cheese crackers, iced coffee and potato salad and we had such a lovely relaxing afternoon. when we got back to my house at 4:15 pm, s. suggested we make dinner together (both our husbands were out playing basketball this evening). so the girls played (mostly ran around naked and watched shirley temple's heidi) while s. and i whipped up spaghetti sauce from scratch to serve over noodles and broccoli alongside of some garlic toast.


so fun.


elenora was asleep by 6:15 pm.


my mom arrives tomorrow for a visit over the weekend. and grandma b. arrives on saturday.


i'm almost done with vanity fair.