To nap or not to nap

Today Jasper cried for most of his school day, according to the teacher and to Jasper ("Jasper, what did you do at school today?" "I cried for my mama. I didn't want to paint."). The honeymoon is over, but that is typical, according to the teacher. Hopefully, he'll catch on to how much more fun school is than doing taxes and laundry, and have a better day on Thursday.

He has had trouble sleeping the past few nights. We start the bedtime routine at 7, but he has not been asleep until 9:30 or 10. In an attempt to afford him a longer night's sleep, I experimented with skipping his nap today. He thwarted my efforts by falling asleep in the stroller, but only for 45 minutes. He was an energetic, happy two year old all afternoon. I ran him at the Y open gym for 30 minutes (we essentially did laps). I took him to the snow covered playground and he pushed Josie part way home in the stroller. Peter wrestled with him when he got home. However, it is almost 9 and he is still pattering down the stairs every ten minutes claiming he can't sleep. Perhaps we will resort to tranquilizers next.

Josie has not yet settled into a regular nap schedule. She sleeps often, when she can, about an hour at a time, about every two hours. I am not looking forward to the time when she becomes more routinized, because she is so darn convenient right now. I am sure that day is not so far in the future.

The best moment of the day was when I hesitantly left Josie in her crib for a minute so I could use the bathroom. Jasper dashed to her side, pulling his stool up to the crib so he could look in. Trapped on the toilet, I cringed and waited for the cries to begin. Instead I heard full belly Josie chuckles. He was whacking her mobile with a baby toy, and they both thought it was hysterical. He cracks her up. She laughs at him more than anyone else. After all, what better toy for an infant than a toddler? And his batteries, apparently, never run down.