Silver Linings

I've got one child back at school today.

I feel a little bad about feeling happy that Angela is still a little sick. You see Angela does not take naps on a regular basis every day at a decent time. She is so excited and wants to play with her siblings so much that she just goes and goes and goes and then usually crashes and falls asleep on my shoulder when I'm cooking dinner at 6pm... of course I don't want her to really sleep then because I want her to sleep at night... so I let her sleep for 5 minutes and then wake her up- and try to convince her to be happy and eat dinner with us. Not really something I enjoy, but I have not been able to get her to take naps during the day on a consistent basis for the last few months after we moved her out of her crib.

This week she hasn't been feeling that great and she has taken naps almost every single day. She's also getting into a lot less around the house and I've been able to actually spend time during the day taking care of cleaning and laundry and stuff- normally I try to do all of it in the evening after she goes to sleep, becuase she is just so active I can't leave her alone otherwise...

So... I really am not happy that she's sick, but I am seeing the silver lining that I am actually getting things done this week because she is taking naps that are about 2 hours long. :)