It was after 6:00, and I should have known better, but I carried him in to his bed and let him continue to sleep.
I can hear you shouting at me "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? A NAP AT 6:00 IN THE EVENING? ARE YOU CRAZY???"
To which I answer, Yes.
On the other hand, I was able to fix dinner without any of Max's "help" which was quite refreshing.
I spent
We sat down to eat around 8:00. Max woke up and came to the table, just a bit grumpy and refused to eat anything, but drank several glasses of milk. After a while Max said "I think I drinkeded too much milk"
"Why do you think that?" I asked.
"Because when I shake I can't hear the milk in my tummy so I must be clear fulled!"
Then he wiggled around in his chair to demonstrate that the milk could not be heard sloshing around in his tummy. "See? the milk is not makin' noise!"
After dinner was over and the table was cleared Max got the box of UNO cards and dumped them on the table. With both hands, he stirred the cards around for a while until CJ asked him what he was doing.
"Im shuffoling!"
He then insisted that CJ play a game of UNO with him.
Apparently, the game had gone on for quite a while because when I walked back into the room CJ said "MOM, I'm trying to let him win and it's not working!"
It seems that Max really enjoys collecting the cards instead of getting rid of them, and getting rid of them is pretty much the object of the game.
When he didn't have a card he could play, he tried to convince us that he should just be allowed to play any card he wanted even though it didn't match the top card on the pile.
Max: "Why I can't put this card down?"
CJ: "Because you need either a yellow card or a 5."
Max: "But I want to put this card down on the pile!"
CJ: "No, I can see another card you could use. See that red 5 card that you have? You can put that on the pile."
Max: "I not want to put that one on! I want to put THIS one on!" (as he waved a green 7 above his head)
CJ: "No Max. You need to put down a card that either has the same color or the same number on it, that card doesn't match either way. Use the red 5!"
Max: " I not want to put that card in the pile ! I want to put this card in the pile!"
He put the green 7 on the pile.
CJ took it off the pile.
Max drew another card. He now had about 13 cards. He then decided that he wanted to hold them in his hand, fanned out, like CJ was holding his cards, but he couldn't figure out how to get them that way and wouldn't let anyone help him. Every time he dropped a card, Max freaked out just a little bit more.
CJ finally ended up winning the game then Max went and got the Perfection game.
He had me explain to him how to play (set the timer, put the shapes in the correct places on the board, if you run out of time, the board pops and the pieces go flying) I helped him the first time, and when the timer went off, Max was startled and may have freaked out a bit.
He played the game two more times before he decided that it was more fun to dump the pieces on the board, set the timer and wait for it to pop.
Then, being the mean mom that I am, I told him that it was time to get his pajamas on.
He didn't want to get his pajamas on because "I not being sleepy!"
Then the races began.
Max stood against the refrigerator.
"Ready! Set! GO!!!"
Then he ran the length of the kitchen, through the family room then down to the end of the hallway. Next, he yelled "Ready! Set! GO!!!"and ran from the end of the hallway into the kitchen. He ran back and forth for a while, each time YELLING "Ready! Set! GO!!!"
He wasn't actually racing anyone, he was just running and yelling. From the other room I heard him say "HEY LOOK! I HAVE FAST FEET!!"
It is now after 10:00.
P.M.
I stopped him and took him into his room to get his pajamas on. He said he couldn't put on his pajamas until the ceiling fan stopped spinning. I was too tired to argue so I turned off the ceiling fan and we both sat there and watched it slow until it stopped.
Do you have any idea how long it takes for a ceiling fan to stop spinning when you turn it off?
A really, really long time.
or as Max would say "A reeollee, reeollee long time!"
The fan stopped spinning (finally!) and Max started to get his pajamas on. He took his sandals off and his feet were dirty from playing outside earlier in the day. He Yells "HEY LOOK! I HAVE STINKY FEET! LOOK AT MY STINKY FEET! THEY'RE STINKY! I NEED A BATH! I NEED A BATH!!" Then he waved one of his cute little feet in front of my face.
Dangerously close to my face
I finally got Max into his pajamas, then he ran some more solo races and drank more milk before I finally talked him into going to bed.
Tomorrow, I'm taking the nap.
11 comments:
Absolutely agreed. Late night naps are the worst. But at 6pm, I would have done the same thing you did. I think perhaps hoping that it might just turn into bedtime and the kid wouldn't wake up until the next morning. That never works though, does it?
I think Max is totally hilarious.
Two words for you - Bena-Dryl !!
Haha. I can picture him freaking out when the timer when off.
He's already like a teenage boy.
i'm pretty sure i need a nap, just reading about it!
I am taking one too! It's decided today is national nap day!
You are crazy. I thought you would have known by now the dangers of late naps. But I understand, sometimes I am just too tired to do the right thing too. I love his races. Silly kid.
You put him to bed but you didn't tell us what time he actually went to sleep!
Oh I feel your pain! We're on vaycay and Marshy won't even think about it being bedtime until it is 10 PM and kinda dark in our room.
I've been there...and little boys ALL have stinky feet.
Oh yes, I miss those days.....not.
I love your transcriptions of Max! But as I read through to the end of the story, I was SURE we were going to get to a vomiting scene.
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