Washing

Like I mentioned in the previous post, we are still house-stting for Mimi and Grandpa Mike. They have one of those fancy front loader washing and drying machines and Kate is fascinated with them! She will ask me, "washing?" implying that she wants me to do laundry to watch the clothes go round and round or put a load of laundry in to see the clothes go round and round...

In the picture you can see she has Olivia and she is pursing her lips, which means she is tired. Kate did not sleep very well last night ~ for the first time in months! I do have to admit I am spoiled by her sleep schedule...she has slept through the night since she was 6 months old. Kate went to bed between 5 and 6 in the evening and would not wake up until 6 or 7 the next morning. Her schedule has changed and she goes to bed between 7 and 8 at night but unfortunately wakes up as early as 6am; but this jives with our work schedule so we love it!



Last night she woke up around 3am yelling "Moooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!" She loves to do this...ever since she was a baby she screamed and cried for Chris and I, and now she LOVES to yell and scream "mom" or "mamma"...no need for an alarm clock with Kate! Anyhow, I tried to get Kate to sleep with me in the guest bedroom so we would not wake up daddy (since he is working this summer). This did not quite work so after about an hour of her getting up and down from the bed I decided to put her back in her play-pen/bed. I should add that she randomly started asking me for "more Yo Yo" and started "singing" the "Yo Gabba Gabba" theme song saying, "Toodee" and "Pex" over and over. Like I said, this sleeping arrangement was not working so back to her bed she went. Kate then proceeded to scream my name for about 10 minutes before she went back to sleep...what is really cute is when she woke up in the morning (usual time, I guess the lack of sleep did not get to her) she was giving me a play-by-play of the night's events and went a little something like this...

"Mamma...I get get get down bed, Mamma I get get get banket, Mamma I get get get down bed, Mamma I go crib..."

Then of course she gives me the play-by-play of the morning events, "I go schoooool, I get choclate nilk, and nonut..." Kate likes to visit daddy at his school and get breakfast. Hopefully she is this excited to go to school when it is time for kindergarten!