...But on Mercury, it has been several days. Last night my wife was in class for her PHR (Professional of Human Resources) until 9:35, then she had the one hour drive home. Little Sophie decided that she had napped enough for the day and wanted to see Mom rather than go to bed. We tried everything under the sun to get her to go to sleep. We tried reading books, warm milk, laying down in mommy and daddy's room with all the lights off and the pets all OUT of the room. The final option finally worked (Thank Goodness). She fell asleep and I carried her into her room to sleep the night away. That worked really well - right up until the garage door went up when mommy came home - then it started all over again. At about midnight she did go to sleep for the night - but she just needed her mommy time - female bonding. Daddy is just an innocent by-stander whenever Mom is around. I tell myself that it is because she sees Dad everyday and all day. Mom is just a few minutes in the morning and then between when Mom gets home and Sophie has to go to bed.
This past weekend, Sophie's ten year old brother was up here for the weekend. They play so cute together. His name is Ethan. He loves his little sister very much. He likes getting in the empty laundry basket and going down various roller coasters made of stacked pillows. He got an idea that Sophie would like it too, but I had to put a stop to it before it began, so he hooked up one of the dog leashes to the laundry basket, lined it with pillows from the couch, placed Sophie in it and gave her a tour of the upstairs of the house. She was non-stop giggles and squealed her excitement. She never acts this way in the stroller, but this was different. It was because of Ethan. This went on for the better part of an hour. Talk about cheap entertainment, and allowed me time to catch up on doing laundry.
Sophie is very intriged by phone chargers right now, especially the USB2 connectors. This morning while I wasn't paying as close attention to her as I should have, she decided to give my phone charger a bath, in my coffee. Needless to say I pulled it out of the coffee, thanked her for her thoughtfulness, and placed the charger in a more safe place and gave her some books to occupy her attention. You know how they say the 40's are the new 20's? Well I think the 1's are the new terrible 2's. She is in to EVERYTHING! More on what she is into on a later post. She is awake now and I need to go rescue the cat from slobery kisses.
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