7 Quick Takes (vol. 17)

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I started off my day by trying to reason with a whiny toddler.  I'll let you guess how that worked out for me.

It can only go up from here...

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Actually, it could quite easily go downhill right around nap time, if said toddler--who is over tired from getting up well before he was supposed to, and is probably cutting molars--decides to forego his nap.  And if he decides to be stubborn about his refusal to nap I may not even be able to enforce a semi-quiet rest time as usual, because...

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...much to my dismay, M climbed out of his crib for the first time yesterday.  I blame myself--I put him in a position where he was motivated enough to figure it out.  I put him in his crib for a short timeout after he refused to say sorry for hitting and instead threw a tantrum for being scolded.  Not even two minutes later I heard a thud and Michael opened the door to his room and walked out.

I'm actually surprised that it took him this long to figure out he could escape.

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Okay, enough of my whining.  I know there are lots of moms out there who are routinely up at the crack of dawn (or before) with toddlers, while M usually lets me sleep until at least 7 (although not today).  And overall M is a pretty good napper, even if his naps have gotten awfully short over the last few weeks (hopefully due to teething, with a return to the blessed normalcy of two hours of sweet, sweet silence sometime soon).  So I feel like I really have no right to complain... but, it's my blog and I'll cry if I want to.

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In non-whining news I started teaching my two Catholic Biblical School classes again yesterday.  I was tempted to extend my maternity leave through next week so I wouldn't have to go back to teaching until after Christmas, but now that those first classes after the break are over with I'm glad I didn't delay my return.  Although I must say, if I could have chosen my lecture topic for the first class back I would have picked something easier than Leviticus!  But it went sell in spite of myself.

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Also a cause for rejoicing--Alex is done with grad school for the semester and only has two weeks left at RJ before almost 2 1/2 weeks of Christmas break.  Hooray hooray!

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And because this post looks very bland without any pictures...

Surly toddler with a too-small coat and too-big hat.

Cooperative sleeping infant.

Go see Jen for more quick takes!  Happy Friday :)