one day in the life...

Today we had Grayson's farewell picnic for his current Pre-school. It was at a local park. Of course, like usual I was the only mom there with siblings, but at least noone seemed to mind - some actually commented that they wished they had brought there other little and big ones along.

I definately noticed that Grayson doesn't really interact with any of the kids. Which should come as no real surprise as he has told me numerous times that he doesn't have any friends there. However it was nice to see how well he and Eme watch out for one another - boy they sure make me look good :-). It's hard not to feel sad when your kid isn't the most popular kid in class, but at the same time I have to realize that part of this happens to be because most of these kids spend a lot more time together which leaves Grayson as the odd man out so to speak. This parenting stuff is tough!

Eme took a nap today, which generally means late bed time. A couple nights ago when she did this I set her up in her room with a stack of book and asked her if she wanted to keep looking at books while I go and work out. I told her if she could wait for me to come back I would read one of the books of her choice and lay with her until she falls asleep. When we have tried this in the past she's never lasted more than a few minutes before she is out roaming the halls. However it worked the other night so I tried again tonight (guess our little Eme is growing up!) When I came back in tonight she was laying down on her pillow, one yellow kitty in her arms, the other yellow kitty on her other pillow, and Eme was singing very softly a lullaby to them. It was cute beyond words! When I asked her about it she told me she read a few books to her kitties, then her kitties wanted to be sung to sleep. How cute is that. Someday Eme will be an amazing mother!

I am off to sleep, I have some make-up to do in that department.