Giving up her naps
Anya somehow hasn’t been interested in her usual after-school naps these past few ten days or so.
[In the past, she gets pretty tired and cranky by around seven or so if she fails to nap. But now, she’s all okay though WITHOUT her afternoon rest!]
While this means we both have more time with each other, which is a nice thing to have of course, it usually means shorter afternoon nap time for Vai (he gets woken up by the noise his sister’s making, however soft)
And, if he wakes, he tends to refuse going back to sleep! And this literally means I get close to no break from the moment we all wake up – at around nine, till the time the kids close their eyes at around ten]
You see, when they both nap, I get a bit of time alone, doing some work, catching a quick nap myself at times, reading the newspaper, even clearing whatever chores WITHOUT the presence of these two little ones.
Oh well. Anyway.
When they both are awake later in the afternoon, these are some of the stuff we do:
– playing with each other
– helping me prepare their snacks or dinner
– eating snacks and drinking their milk
– going to the nearby market (Vai in his stroller, Anya on her bicycle – still with training wheels)
– paying a visit to the playground
Today, they had a watercolour-drawing session together.
Anya put on her arts and crafts apron, drew apartments, streets, cars and people on a piece of paper with markers and used a paint brush to add colours to it.
As for Vai, he used a toothbrush to make all sorts of lines and squiggles. On his paper, his feet, hands and at times … on Anya’s drawing paper too!
And so yes, I got to hear Anya’s ‘Vai!!!!’ and ‘Mommyyyyyy!!’ pretty often today.
Oh btw, our drawing sessions are almost always followed by water play sessions in the bathroom (read: getting themselves busy with water, little buckets, spoons, plastic bowls, funnels, etc).
The kids get to enjoy a little more playtime prior to their shower, and Mommy gets a little extra time doing whatever things she needs to do around the house!
Works well for everyone so far!
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