So, naptime...that was such a sacred time at our house for so long...this summer it took a turn for the worse. Ryan went to "school" on Tuesday and Thursday this summer. I noticed that every Tuesday/Thursday I had to FIGHT him to take a nap. I don't know what it was about going to school that didn't wear him out enough to sleep. Or, maybe he got overtired...who knows. Anyway, after 3 months of tantrums, spanking, cajoling, arguing, etc, we finally worked out a little routine where I would put him in his room to "sleep" and he wasn't to come out until 4:30. He would last about 20 minutes at the beginning of the summer. By Labor day, we were going the full 2.5 hours...YES!!! I mean, if he wasn't going to nap on those days, at least he understood the power of "independent play" and "mommy time"!
So, school begins this semester and instead of T/Th, Ryan is going M/W/F. So, like clockwork, he now doesn't nap on MWF and does on T/TH. Well, the mess being made in those 2.5 hours is sometimes indescribable. Last week we walked in and found purple crayon all over his window and 2 of his walls along with some books, the chair, the play kitchen, and a lamp shade. Not a good afternoon I have to say.
These particular pictures are also from last week depicting the amount of STUFF that he pulls out of his closet to entertain himself during "naptime".
It must have taken him at least an hour on this day to clean all of this up...wow!!!
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