A few weeks ago on Ryan's day off he and Kate went outside and explored our backyard. The snow was melting so it wasn't very deep and Kate had fun finding sticks and then doing a little sledding on a tiny hill we have in the front. Sawyer will tell you he doesn't like snow so he decided not to go with them and watched from the windows most of the time. A couple of days later Ryan got home early and Kate asked if they could go outside again. This time we were trying to talk Sawyer into going out too. Sawyer is still hard to understand sometimes so he made a request that sounded like he was asking if he could wear his short sleeve shirt outside (the only kind of shirt he likes to wear). I told him he could wear his short sleeve shirt under his coat and he ran off to get his socks. Minutes later he ran in to our room with a giant smile on his face wearing shorts! Not only was he wearing shorts, he was wearing them backwards (which happens more often than not here. And if you try and tell him they are backwards he won't believe you.) He was so happy and excited that we let him go outside with shorts...under his snow pants, or course.
At church on Sunday Sawyer and Kate were keeping themselves occupied with their quiet toys and crayons as usual when I looked over and see Sawyer packing it all up into his bag. I always have to get encourage him to clean up his mess after the meeting is over so it was surprising to me. Then I see him come over and just stand in front of me. I picked him up and sat him on my lap and he did what he normally does, played with my earrings and necklace and hair. Then he started acting differently, snuggling in and resting. Before I knew it he was asleep! He hardly takes naps at home anymore, I had no idea where this came from! But I liked it. It felt like I had my baby back. After the meeting was over I laid him on the bench with my jacket over him and Ryan said he stayed asleep for the next hour. After church was over I picked him up and said, "Sawyer, did you take a nap in church today?!?" and he acted offended and said, "No!!" Like he knew he had to deny it to prove he is a "big boy"!
I went to pick up the kids from the gym and Carly, the girl who works in the kid center and is usually one-on-one with them, told me a funny story. She said both he and Kate were telling her that Daddy is the only one that wakes up and makes waffles for breakfast while Mommy sleeps and when she told me that Sawyer chimed in, "I LOVE waffles!" Then she said Sawyer told her "Mommy sleeps a long long long time." I guess Sawyer has been noticing Mommy's first trimester tiredness! And they were both telling on me! I'll have to make it up to them and make waffles tomorrow...
