Third time's a charm
Bedtime last night was entirely civilized. I put Buddy in bed, gave him a bunch of kisses, and headed for the door. He gave it one try - "mamma, stay here, rocking chair!" and I just said no, Buddy, and I love you, and left him by himself. I left the door half open, and then sat quietly in the living room. He called out for me a couple of times, but no screaming, no climbing out, just falling asleep. It was wonderful.
I sat and read for a while (I was reading "Life as we Knew It" by Susan Beth Pfeffer - wow, what a story!) and I just had to finish it. When I looked up at the clock, after reading for a while, I thought I read 10:30 and that seemed about right. Then I was doing something at the computer and realized that it was only 9:30 - I guess that when you don't have to spend the first hour of the evening dozing in a dark room with a grumpy child that you get to do something else with that time!
Of course I spent the rest of the evening doing dishes, laundry, vacuuming, picking up, etc., getting ready for the Italian's return. Not that he hasn't seen the house messy plenty of times, I just wanted him to come home to a nice house. It's nice to have him back.
So no knitting to speak of last night. I have put the needles back in Wrapped in Tradition (I took the size 6 bamboo circular points out of that project to make Seraphim) and plan to finish that next. It's very close, and if I get it done quickly I will still have a chance to wear it this winter. I'm also working on the Italian's socks, one just needs to be bound off and the other is almost at the heel (toe up, so I still have to do the leg).
Since I have no knitting pictures to share, I'm giving you a random photo (to go with this rather random post)
Last fall we took the kids on a field trip to the Muir Woods and had a great time looking at creatures large and small. One of the special finds was a large cluster of ladybugs scuttling along the tops of the fence rails. Punkin put down her hand and let one of the bugs crawl on, and I managed to get one in-focus shot. I love the contrast of the bug's colors against her pale skin.
I sat and read for a while (I was reading "Life as we Knew It" by Susan Beth Pfeffer - wow, what a story!) and I just had to finish it. When I looked up at the clock, after reading for a while, I thought I read 10:30 and that seemed about right. Then I was doing something at the computer and realized that it was only 9:30 - I guess that when you don't have to spend the first hour of the evening dozing in a dark room with a grumpy child that you get to do something else with that time!
Of course I spent the rest of the evening doing dishes, laundry, vacuuming, picking up, etc., getting ready for the Italian's return. Not that he hasn't seen the house messy plenty of times, I just wanted him to come home to a nice house. It's nice to have him back.
So no knitting to speak of last night. I have put the needles back in Wrapped in Tradition (I took the size 6 bamboo circular points out of that project to make Seraphim) and plan to finish that next. It's very close, and if I get it done quickly I will still have a chance to wear it this winter. I'm also working on the Italian's socks, one just needs to be bound off and the other is almost at the heel (toe up, so I still have to do the leg).
Since I have no knitting pictures to share, I'm giving you a random photo (to go with this rather random post)
Last fall we took the kids on a field trip to the Muir Woods and had a great time looking at creatures large and small. One of the special finds was a large cluster of ladybugs scuttling along the tops of the fence rails. Punkin put down her hand and let one of the bugs crawl on, and I managed to get one in-focus shot. I love the contrast of the bug's colors against her pale skin.
posted by Marie at 7:18 AM
1 Comments:
Like anything else, it takes time to get into the habit of sleep. Glad to know Buddy has finally figured it out.
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