Party Time

This weekend has been full of sugar filled fun. Roo didn't want to wear a Halloween costume this year...you know, he's two so if he doesn't want to so something he lets you know. So he helped Uncle Nate, Daddy and Mommy pass out candy to all the trick or treaters. This was fun for Roo because he was able to enjoy a few tootsie rolls. Since we decided to start daylight savings time a day early, we didn't mind him staying up a bit later Friday night. Needless to say, all the sugar made it hard for him to fall asleep.

Today we went to Connor's 4th birthday party at the bowling alley. Roo took an unusally long nap so we got to the party an hour late. That was actually a good thing since he didn't bowl. He did a great job sitting with all the big kids eating his dinner. But, what were mommy and daddy thinking letting him have punch. It didn't occur to us until he was running around like a maniac after the party that maybe we let him have too much sugar; and yes, that's Roo eating a piece of green candy on top of his punch! At least he didn't eat his cake!

So now, Roo is laying up in his bed singing and trying his hardest to beat the sugar and fall asleep. Poor little guy, it just didn't occur to us how much we really regulate his sugar intake. So a cup of punch, whoa, that's a ton of sugar running through his veins. Oh well, he did have a blast at the party and was such a good boy, and all the little girls loved him ;) We'll see in the morning how this impact the success of Operation Fall Back.

Just Another Monday

So Monday's are not anyone's favorite day of the week in our house. Believe it not, we haven't set an alarm clock since The Roo was born. Recently, Baxter has been our alarm clock during the week. The lucky dog gets to sleep in bed with us and in return his responsibility is to make sure we get up on time for work. Usually around 6am he moves from being in the middle of the bed inbetween mommy and daddy over to mommys side of the bed, or depending on his mood, on top of mommy (yes, mommy loves this....sarcasm). But recently, Baxter has been sleeping in on Monday's and we haven't had a very reliable alarm clock.

On top of our reliable alarm clock becoming unreliable, The Roo has decided that Monday's are his least favorite day of the week. This is good and bad. It makes mommy and daddy feel good because we know he loves all the time and attention he gets with us on weekends, but makes us feel bad that we don't get to be home with him all week long. Maybe if Baxter got a day job and really worked to earn his keep one of us could stay home with The Roo.

So this morning mommy got up and got ready and decided that we really didn't want a repeat of last Monday. Last Monday daddy carried The Roo out of the house over his shoulder kicking and crying. He was over his shoulder to avoid the painful crab pinches that The Roo uses as his weapon of choice. Very very painful. So today, mommy made sure that The Roo had a sippy and snack ready and waiting. Funny enough, The Roo decided to sleep in, so when mommy went in to wake him, he was in a lovey mood. We took him downstairs and as we were getting him dressed, he said, night night, night night. Poor Roo, just wanted to go back to bed. Who can blame him, wouldn't you rather sleep than have a Monday!