161 + 57 Weeks

This week Carmie came down with a nasty cold, and she missed school on Tuesday.  She then gave her cold to Arley, so he is miserable too.  The joys of parenthood.  It never ends!  Both kids have been very clingy and needy, and I have tried to make them rest as much as possible, but being housebound kind of drives us all up the wall.  So this week has been fairly awful.  Arley does this horribly shrill ear-piercing scream whenever he needs anything or is slightly cross, or has to wait a minute for a snack.  He prefers to eat his food off the floor, and sits in his high chair at dinner tossing his food over the tray.  When I get him down, he immediately crawls to the food and gobbles it up.  On a good note, Arley is walking everywhere, and is getting quite fast.  He is yet to fall and hurt himself.  It seems that he waited to walk until he could do it like a champ.  Carmie is still a nightmare to put to bed.  She must get out of bed 10 times between 7:30 and 9pm, pretending to need to go to the bathroom.  Every time she fakes it I take a toy out of her bed, and this seems to upset her enough to scream the house down, but not enough to stop her getting out of bed over and over again.  Suggestions, anyone? 

The kids' US grand parents left today, and they are going to miss them very much.  Nema and Grandpa Clark have been great playmates to Carmie and Arley over the past few weeks.  To make matters worse, Lolo and Dida have left for 6 weeks, off to Thailand and a visit to China to see my brother Jay. Six long weeks.  No baby sitting help.  I might just lose my mind.