The Sleep Monster I Created

Our precious little girl is a TOTAL creature of habit.

Come nap time, only momma will do, and she HAS to have her bun-bun and doe-doe.. (cuddly bunny and pacifier).

Heaven forbid we have the WRONG bun-buns (there are 3 she must sleep with).

Here is an example:

This is Molly as soon as she wakes up from her daytime nap. She wakes up happy. Always. (she saw the camera and said "cheese"),
There is one bunny over her chest, and one by each hand.

She was happy to let go of her bun-bun's for a photo opportunity.

The one on the right is one of the originals, made by a friend of mine. It IS yellow, and she calls it "blue-one". Don't know why. She just does.

The one in the middle has a multi-coloured body and a pink head. It is called "rainbow". The pink one is just called "pink-one".

She loves them all, but "blue-one" is her favourite.

 Pauls' grandmother made the pink and rainbow ones, and I have a few more in the cupboard that I interchange when I can so the gross smell can permeate all of them. This way I figure she wont reject a new one if it smells more like the old ones...

Here is the other MUST in our sleep monster routine - the pacifier on a chain. She calls it "doe-doe". With this she is not fussy. It can be any pacifier. As long as it plugs her mouth up, she is happy!!

 It can become a problem that she wont let anyone else put her down for a nap, or at night time, just me.
Only me.
But it could be worse... she could just NOT sleep, so I have to be grateful for the perfect baby I got.

And, to tell you the truth... she is so stinkin' cute, I don't mind one little bit that she wants her last snuggle before bed to be from me... even if I have to come home from something, just to put her to bed!

Sweet dreams...

Brooke

Year Three So Far...

This is a typical image in our house after school.. Jasper at the computer desk, working, working, working!!

Year three has been a BIG shock.. and not just for him!!

Jasper has never been a fast worker, and while that might fly in first and second grade, it certainly does not fly now!

He has been bringing a bit of extra work home some nights... Sometimes it is a bit more than a little bit!! (and we are only in week 4!!)

Hopefully he will learn to stop procrastinating and flirting at schoolm and get his head down to work!!

Television is a thing of the past, come Monday to Friday. There is very little time for stopping between all the after school things we have on, getting homework done, and bed time!

It makes it hard for Molly. After having my undivided attention all day, she finds it quite unacceptable that I am not at her beck and call after school - and neither is her brother. Poor kid!
It is good when Paul is home and can manage to get home early from the office, but that is a lucky day. He is either in another state working, or in the Perth office working.

The trouble that Jasper has is that he gives up easily. He gets one thing wrong, or can't read one word, and he stops. You can actually see the shutters come down. It is very frustrating... and I don't deal with it too well (as I am sure my neighbours can attest to!).

It is a learning curve, and hopefully my feelings of inadequacy pass, and Jasper's work rate increases, so we can all be happy!

Thanks for reading.

Brooke

My boy and his specs

I had a big long post typed out about Jasper, FA and the way I feel... then I realised I don't want to post that.

It was self pity talking, and I need to remember that FA does not define my boy. It does not define me.

It is just a part of who we are.

Jasper has his glasses now... Finally, we got the right answer. He is long sighted, so needs to wear them for school work, computer work, tv, reading, etc.

He forgets a lot at home to wear them, but is good with them at school.

He has 2 pairs. One for school and one for home.

To me, he is super handsome. When he puts his glasses on, it is just even more handsomeness piled on!!

Here he is pulling a face, and trying not to laugh. Still pretty cute!!



Now school has started, it is THE YEAR OF JASPER.
We are only 3 days in, so there is a long way to go.

Once he realises how smart he is, the world better watch out!! It wont be long now. I can see it. I always have been able to. He just doesn't see it.  YET.

Thanks for reading.

Brooke