Fitfull Nap
Hannah tried to nap this evening. She began in the family room around 5pm, but tossed, turned, and cried her way to her own bedroom. Usually, her bedroom soothes her: music, DVDs, bed, comfort.
Tonight, she was far from comforted, though. The intermittent sobbing brought Janette in and out of the office where she and I were tapping away at our PCs. Finally, she woke Hannah, and the sobbing stopped, but Hannah still seemed out of sorts.
I walked in to Hannah's room. She was lying on her side, just listening to the tv. I wiped her runny nose (hmmm, problem identified - getting sick), picked her up, sat her on my knee in the office, and got the Magic PC to sing Beatles songs to her while I sang along.
"Hannah, more la-las?" I asked.
"Good!" she confirmed.
We sang a few songs (she particularly liked Elanor Rigby - I'm convinced one day, she'll be all gothed out as a teenager), each ended with a request for more la-las. Finally, Janette traded back with me, and we both prepared for our nighttime rituals: Janette with Hannah's bedtime; me, with Gabriel's.
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I've been long absent on blogging, but here are a few grainy phone photos from our recent Saturday out at a Kids Expo downtown and a dinner picnic in Hannah's room to bring you back up to speed. On Saturday, both kids were feeling well, though you can see the blur of Hannah found the big, yellow, square Wow Wow Wubsy a bit overstimulating!
-- Dad
