Labour Day Weekend

We went to Ottawa for the long weekend to visit my parents. It was a great trip and the girls had a blast. We went to a farm, played in the park and the girls especially loved "fishing" in my parents fish pond. Their rods were plants that my dad kindly cut from his garden. They did not nap on the way to Ottawa. I am always amazed at that! What kid doesn't fall asleep to the lull of a car? Oh, my kids! They were going strong though, until about 6:30, so we gave them their bottles and put them to bed. The girls sleep in cribs (my parents bought them for the girls for when we visit) and they are in the same room, which is what they are used to at home. They are usually parallel to each other, so facing each other if you will, but this time they were along the same wall. They are along the same wall at home too, but they can see each other. At my parents place there was a bookshelf between the two cribs, so they couldn't see each other. When we brought them down for the night, Emma rolled ontoher tummy an was snuggling in for the night. Maddie started to cry, but she always does for a few minutes when in a new place. So we left her and figured she would only cry for a minute or two, which is what she has done in the past. We got upstairs and turned the monitor on only to hear Maddie screaming hysterically "Emma, Emma, wake-up, wake-up Emma" and then she went into ear-piercing shrieks. John and I ran downstairs and she was sobbing hysterically. Instinctively I said "Maddie, do you want to be beside Emma so you can see her?" and she nodded. So we moved her crib and between big breaths to calm herself down she said "I feel beddah mummy." SOOOOOOOOO SWEEEEEET! She just wanted to be beside her sister. After that she rolled over and went to sleep and the second night, not a peep.

Speaking of sleep and naps, since last Thursday, they have gone 5 days without a nap! Yikes! 2 out of the 5 days John and I kept them up on purpose. If they are going strong, we keep them up, since if we were to put them for a nap it would be too late in the day, therefore they would be up too late at night. They played catch-up though and slept 14 hours straight through the night, and took a 3 hour nap another day, so it hasn't been too bad. They are ready for bed super early on their no-nap days too, between 6:15-6:45. The only tough part is the last couple of hours before bedtime. They tend to get super cranky and tough to manage.

We celebrated my 34th b-day (which is today) in Ottawa and my parents made me a wonderful dinner. The girls were great. They sat with us throughout the entire dinner and were very well-behaved. It was nice to have them there to help me celebrate.