Happy time change! (Yawn, sigh.) Greetings from Babies-Don't-Understand-Time-Changes-istan. I stayed up a bit last night to acclimate to the time change, which was a huge mistake, because Tiny was up and ready to party at 5:30. Kiddo didn't change her clock, so she bounced out ten minutes later. When she realized that she still had an hour and a half before school, she went back to bed. Don't call CPS, but I totally drifted off for a few minutes while Tiny watched Sesame Street. I may never know if Elmo managed to draw that picture, and I'm okay with that.
Kiddo was disappointed to discover that I was not in the mood to leave the big bag of candy from Saturday next to her school work station. I have uttered the directive, "Please eat something with nutritional value" at least three dozen times in the last three days. My standards are not that high. All I ask is that she not survive entirely on Goldfish crackers and KitKats. I'm glad she's safe, and I would worry if she were in school right now, but having her in school miles away from the kitchen counter did make this week a lot easier in previous years. The temptation to just let her eat all the candy she wants and then holding her hair back when the inevitable happens is so very strong. I avoid it, though, because I think that might be a pretty big trauma. As for me, I'm just doing my best to stay away. I'm fully aware what a terrible example I would be if left unchaperoned around fun-size chocolate products.
In other news, Tiny is mastering her puzzles very quickly. I think I'll haul out the little eight-piece jigsaws from the hand-me-downs next week, just to see what happens. In order to make it a little more challenging, I've been attempting to get her to tell me the names of the letters as she puts the pieces into their spots. Some days, I get about half the letters. Other days, I am told that every letter is "y." I'll check in with her doctor when I see her next. The doctor is already concerned about Tiny's language development, so I worry. I really have to wonder if other babies and toddlers are having similar issues with the shelter in place and fewer kids spending time in places with lots of other babies, like library story times, play dates, and day care. I just wish everyone would help with the effort to get this pandemic cleared away, so we can meet safely again. I miss taking Tiny to the grocery store. I miss seeing Kiddo interact with her friends. I miss in-person dance classes for Kiddo. I miss going swimming at the community center. I miss playdates and the weekly family dinner and parties and workdays and shows and all kinds of things.
Election Day is tomorrow. We have a lot of mess coming at us from it. We'll get through this, but I doubt we will do it whole.
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