They have had to have some schedule changes with Jeff working. Sometimes getting up at 6am (instead of sleeping until their normal 8-9) to head to Lincoln for GG daycare. And Friday, they got to experience their first ever day of daycare. They had to get up a little before 6 so we could be dressed, out the door & at daycare by 6:30.
Here are the best I could get for pictures that morning. Good luck getting them to sit still, ever. Livi still looks half asleep. Thats how I look at 6am too!
Logan has been a little clumsy lately. Check out his shiner! Bad picture angle. Looks like his shorts go all the way to his socks, I promise they don't!
Luckily they are (thus far) cheerful waker-uppers. We just throw on diaps & clothes. Comb hair. Grab milks. And run out the door. On GG daycare days, they eat when they get there. On daycare center days, we bring some breakfast bars along to eat there with the other "early arrivers" & then its snacktime at 9.
When we picked them up Friday afternoon (work was slow enough & my co-workers are awesome enough, that I got to run down for a few minutes & help Jeff pick them up) Their teacher for the afternoon said they did "pretty well for their first day." Interpret that as you wish. There was some screaming from Miss Olivia Paige when mommy left. I snuck out as they were getting out babies to play with. But it only took her about 10 seconds to notice. What a way to start my work day? Needless to say, there were a few tears from me that morning. And a few tears in daddy's eyes when he gave us kisses in the driveway before we left that morning. But we all survived. Logan cried when we came to pick them up, they said that was the first time he cried all day. What a brave boy. Some of my co-workers use the same daycare. So I had some eyes & ears when they dropped off their kids later than I had. Livi was standing by the gate still about 1 hour after I dropped them off, but not crying. Just waiting. I called down once late morning. They told me they had just taken Livi on a special wagon ride by herself to cheer her up. She had the hardest time with the day. I knew she would. She is just a little un-trusting, or something after her surgery. Who can blame her?! Around noon, co-worker asked about how their afternoon was going for me, when she ran over there for something. They said they would play & be happy for a while, then sad for a while, then happy for a while, on & off. And that they did a lot of watching from a distance, in regards to group activities & such. This structure thing is new for them too. But it will be good for them. Overall, from how it sounds, it wasn't too bad. Next week, again they just go 1 day. I'm worried drop off might be worse, since they know what "that place" is now. We shall see...
We get a little report card of the kids' day each time we go. On Friday they colored jungle animals. Marched like Elephants. Read "Rumble in the Jungle." And played house, with Legos, blocks & books. They all ate all of their morning snack. Livi ate most of her lunch. And the boys at all of theirs! I was worrried no one would eat anything in a strange environment. What a great day to start daycare though, because for lunch they had MAC & CHEESE! They all napped for about 1.5 hours on a nap mat, with no issues to my knowledge. And on their report card their teachers marked that they were happy, busy & friendly (as opposed to some of the other options: tired, sad, grumpy, silly, chatty, etc.)
They have been going to bed early with these early mornings. Meaning they have been in bed before I get home from work. Which sucks!! Mostly because of my schedule this week of working way-to-many-days-way-to-close-together. Just the way it worked out & I will be doing my best to not have it end up like this again.
We are in general kinda tired & cranky at our house. New job for mom. Learning how to work in post partum. Learning to get up in the morning & remembering how to go to bed at night. New job for daddy. Back to getting up early in the morning. Putting together a curriculum day-by-day as he goes through the semester (which is the worst!). Plus taking his own classes, homework, etc. Kiddos adjusting to a new schedule. Getting up early some days. DAYCARE! Daddy not being home as much. Which means, less mommy relying on daddy for cooking, shopping & cleaning. (I really did enjoy having a stay-at-home-while-in-school-daddy!) Just a lot of newness. Adjustments. And living outside of our comfort zone. Its going to take us a while to get back into the swing of things. So forgive us if we appear way-too-busy or grouchy. If we forget birthdays & anniversaries. If we never call. Never write. Or if our house-life in general appears to be a bit of a disaster. Because for the moment, until we get a good grasp on all of this newness, it kinda is. A its a good kind of disaster though.
Just a few random pictures of us....
Feeding our babies
I can not even express how obsessed with cars Logan is. He can't even stop to eat! He ususally has one in his mouth too so he can carry as many as possible.
Livi, 2 weeks after surgery. Just a little redness left in the very inner corners of her eyes. You probably can't even see it if you aren't looking & it doesn't show in this picture.
Look pretty straight. (Look at where the camera flash reflects in her pupil. Thats how you tell. It should reflect on the exact same place on each eye. In comparison to a lot of her other pictures, this looks very good.) Dr. Troia says it takes 6 weeks for them to completely settle, until we know for sure how successful we were. Somedays she is OK with wearing her glasses. Somedays she doesn't like them & spends a lot of time looking over them. I'm curious what we'll do with her glasses when we go back? Change prescription? Keep glasses? I think something needs to be different because she looks over them so much more than she used to. I know they have said she is more farsighted than the average toddler, but they have always said she could grow out of it.
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