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I know we’ve talked about that yucky part of the afternoon where everyone runs out of activities and patience at the same time, and dinner is still an hour away. But lately, some mornings have proven just as tricky for us, depending on when the sisters wake up. We’re half-heartedly trying to get the girls to one nap a day, but they still need two on occasion. I recently spoke with a friend on this topic, on how frustrating it can become, to stimulate your toddler and still meet the needs of your younger babes. She expressed the desire to to tell the baby to suck it up, because they all needed to get out of the house… but then she felt guilty when he couldn’t hang and became fussy in the car. Sound familiar?
So yesterday, we got out. Chris took a few hours off and we walked to the park. We plopped the sisters into a swing and encouraged the tween and the tot to tear it up on the playground. The weather was perfect and the moods were bright. I long for the day that the sisters run around the park, chasing after their big brothers. But they seemed perfectly content to alternate swinging and snuggling for a solid hour. We arrived home just in time for lunch and naps for the three little pigs. Success!
One day, Chris & I will miss picking playground mulch out of baby girl diapers and later finding poop on our shirts. I swear we’ll miss it.
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Love it!
You get to enjoy a set of twins in real life, don’t ya?!
looks like a fun day!! :)
It was, minus the weird allergy/cold thing we’re all fighting! Crisp air helped.
Y’all make a great team! We’re learning not to be so rigid right?! xoxo
Preach it, mama.
my 14 month old is having trouble switching to the one nap schedule as well. trying to be flexible without losing patience over here, too! :)
also- i used to walk to that little playground with my friend susanna when she lived down the street from it! small world ;)
I’m so thankful they built it! It’s perfect.
Love all the fun pictures! Those are the best sort of days.
They are. I’m a sucker for good weather!
That twin swing is a-dorable. I love days like that.
Oh I put my littles in the swing like that!! How precious your sweet family is, I am so happy to be following along with you all.