Perhaps to dream

Yesterday a new chapter was written in the saga I call, "Nap Time or Lack Thereof." After a trip to Barnes and Noble where Amelia embarrassed her mom by scolding a younger boy for attempting to play with her toy train ("Mia's train!") mommy and Amelia had a talk about sharing. Amelia seems to understand a lot more and get more out of mommy and daddy's talks these days. After explaining to Amelia that we'll all get along much better in this world by cooperating and sharing Amelia thought for a moment and added, "And saying 'Please'."

On the drive home, both Amelia and Diana fell asleep. Amelia has desperately needed to nap recently but refuses to stay in bed. In the car seat she's legally and safely confined so she can't get up and walk down the hall to see what mommy and Diana might be up to.

I'm sure all of you are asking yourselves, "Yes, but when does mommy get to sleep?" Well, I fixed that problem too by allowing Diana to drive us home the last three miles from the bookstore. (Of course, I'm kidding. But I did spend 40 minutes sitting in my drive-way listening to KNBR while Amelia slept. She needed a nap so badly I was willing to simply hang out in my car so she could sleep.)

Lisa