I love this holiday. As I sat this morning and watched the Macy's Parade I was nearly in tears. The simple joys. Being snuggled with my girls in jammies sharing something with them that I have loved for so many years. Watching Natalie dance like one of the Rockettes. A day to enjoy yummy food with friends and family.
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I need to get in touch with basketball season. I think that I am in denial that it is here. I can't believe that football season is this close to being over (after last weekend, it looks like it is time for it to be over). I haven't watched a full game yet. Are you kidding me. I need to get serious about some Tarheel basketball. Watching games brings me great joy. I need to get with the program.
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Natalie has been challenging lately. Last week she told me that she missed the carpet from our house in Virginia. I don't think that Kim and I have thought about how tough this move has been on her. It has been easy for us. We moved home. Virginia was home for Natalie. She doesn't remember living here. I am trying to be more reasonable and loving. She is getting better. Parenting is hard.
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Paige sleeps terribly in her pack-n-play. TERRIBLY!!! We have been out of town for the past to weekends and her sleep has been awful!! Quite a challenge. She sleeps great at home so I should count my blessings. Anyone have any tips?
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I am going to Kohl's at 4:00 tomorrow morning with Lindsay. Am I crazy? Yes, I am. I have never had the crazy after-Thanksgiving shopping experience. Lindsay has. She is a vet. I have to be home by 6:00 when the girls will wake-up (Kim works till 2:00 in the morning). I will let you know how it goes.
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3 comments:
Good luck with Black Friday shopping. I'm impressed at your ability to get up that early to go shopping. Hope you find some great deals.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Leigh, I don't know if this will help with the pack-n-play thing, but Halleigh used to have trouble sleeping in hers until we discovered that she would sleep much better if we draped a blanket over the side so she couldn't see out. I don't know why that works--unfamiliar surroundings?--but it does for us. Good luck.
Agree with the covering the sides of the pack-n-play - some come with roll up, velcro-able (is that a word) sides that you can roll down and cover the mesh. Be careful that nothing falls down and would suffocate her - of course, I'm sure you would have thought of that yourselves! Who am I?!
Another thing we did was get a thick quilted mattress pad for the pack-n-play. That added some cushion and made a BIG difference! I thought G would never ever ever sleep in his again, but it got much much better! Before the mattress pad though, we put a thick mat-type-pad thing under the mattress of the pack-n-play (something you'd take with you if you were camping and could throw in your sleeping bag to add cushion). Hope it helps!
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