What do I do now?
It is 7:39pm. Bobbin has been in bed for 30 minutes. I kid you not.
She's had a pretty hectic weekend. Up at 6:30am yesterday. Soccer at 9:40am. Then to Target to buy birthday presents - we had two parties this weekend. Then home where she played outside on her swings in the rain, followed by a rousing game of soccer with me that ended with her slipping in a puddle and getting covered with mud from head to foot. Even her underpants were muddy. After that was Birthday Party #1 at friend L's house. L turned 2 (Happy B-day, L!). Bobbin played non-stop until about 5pm when she practically collapsed on their living room floor in a heap of exhaustion. Good humoured exhaustion, but exhaustion nontheless. She was in bed by 7:30pm last night and awake at 7am this morning.
After chowing down on six mini-pancakes, scrambled eggs with cheese, a plum, some melon, and a yogurt smoothie we decided to hit the park. We must have walked about a mile and a half together all told, half of which she ran. Fed the ducks. Chased the roosters. Went to lunch. 2 hours in the end. And when I realized that birthday party #2 started at 1pm and not 3pm as I had thought, we raced back to the car and went straight to Grandma's house for cousin S's party. Tim met us there, party dress and presents in hand. She played outside and inside and outside again. I noticed the treads were falling off her shoes at this point so after the party we headed straight to the mall for a new pair of running shoes and some "hiking boots" (kind of all-weather sturdy boots that should fare better on her school playground). By 5:00pm we were home, and 5:30 we were finished dinner. Bobbin announced her readiness for a bath at 5:50 and she played in there for 40 minutes. By 6:45 she was in her jammies, and by 7:10 we were finished the two books she had selected and she announced her desire to go to bed.
She's been completely silent since I tucked her in, no doubt falling asleep minutes after her head hit the pillow.
And so here I am, 7:39pm, oddly... free... I'm sure I'll come up with something to do :-) It is a strange feeling though!
Comments
Busy is right! Wow. My kids were in bed around then tonight as well. I hate the time change, but it is good for some things!
Posted by Corina on November 9, 2008 8:20 PM.