Today I had my friend Tamara and her two kids Chloe and Keith come over to color eggs. I was a little nervous because I have not colored eggs with a Toddler in a long time. Allison and Chloe did awesome. Keith just kept busy by exploring the house and playing with Allison's toys. We started off with a egg kit were Allison and Chloe could put stickers and glitter on paper eggs. We then proceeded to get the cups of die ready for our 2 dozen of eggs to die. They turned out really well. Tamara had kits where you could put stickers on the eggs and even make them into bugs. They came with legs. Allison enjoyed putting little stickers all over her eggs and Chloe loved putting the glitter on hers. After all that we headed down stairs to play in Allison's baby pool. Kyle filled it with shredded paper and the kids went nuts. Its a great activity to do inside on cloudy days and if you don't mind the mess. Chloe kept throwing it up in the air and saying "surprise." We enjoy getting together with the Van Liew family. Allison misses "chlo chlo" and Keith if she does not see them at least once a week.
After they left I for sure thought Allison would take a long nap. Nope she slept about 1/2 hr. I was not happy about this. I let her fuss for about 20 minutes then decided hey, she needs to sleep so I will hop in the shower and get ready while she still fusses. It is very hard for me to let Allison fuss for too long. It make my anxiety go up. Taking a shower killed the anxiety for me. I turned on the monitor real low and took a nice hot shower. It was a good time for me. Allison never went back to sleep so after 45 mins of her fussing I got her up. I think I will take showers more often to drown her out. Now don't think I am a bad mom, I just know when my daughter needs to sleep and I need a little time to myself.
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