I have a few new pictures, but just haven’t had time to upload them and all that. Jenna & I are always on the go, and I started thinking we really should spend more time at home. I just don’t have much for her to do at home. She’s not a play by herself kind of gal. Doesn’t have any interest in her toys, and doesn’t like to be by herself. So we went to Target and I got her markers, paints, modeling clay, play-doh, the play-doh squeeze shape thingy, and a ring toss game. We played with all of them yesterday afternoon. She didn’t seem to like the painting, although today she has been asking to paint all morning. She played with play-doh for an hour. Of course, I had to play with her with all of these things. She likes to hand me the play-doh, one tiny piece at a time, until I have enough to make something. Then she wants me to make some kind of fruit or something out of it. It would be nice if she could play by herself, but if we have something to do together that she enjoys, I’m all about that, too. I have learned something about myself though–I am way too anal for finger painting. I can’t handle the mess.
Last night we had the open house for Jenna’s new preschool. Mother’s Day Out? Do you call it preschool when they’re under 3? Anyway, I loved the place. I already like it a hundred times more than where we had her in the summer. Her teachers seem great, they have a structured schedule, and she has already bonded with some of her classmates. I was a little worried that since she liked her other school so much, she wouldn’t be excited about this one. I know now that I don’t have anything to worry about. The best part? We can walk to the school from our house!
That’s all I really have to say these days. Whoever says you get a burst of energy in the second trimester is lying. I’m still waiting for that. Thank GOD I have been sleeping better at night, but Jenna no longer really takes naps. Maybe twice a week she does. I don’t know where that girl gets her energy. She will not go to sleep at naptime, but then she falls asleep in the car when we go anywhere late in the afternoon. I wish I could fall asleep in the car when we go anywhere.
Jenna’s transition to a twin bed started out great. She was so excited about her new bed, I think that’s what kept her in it. Even naptime has gone well, except for Friday when she did NOT take a nap, despite 4 or 5 of my attempts to keep her in the bed. Didn’t even stay in her room, so I need to do something about that. Last night started out OK. Then at 3:45, she came into our room, ready to go. Jay put her back in bed. 4:45, she was back in our room, ready to go. Jay put her back in bed. 5:30 we heard her opening & closing her door, doing who knows what. I went in there and told her she needed to stay in bed until it gets light outside, and if she gets out of bed, I’m taking away her bedtime friends. She did not get out of bed until 7. The positive side to that is that she is taking a really long nap today. The negative side is her sleep schedule is off, and of course we are tired! I have a sore throat and congestion that I’m hoping won’t develop into a really nasty cold, but really, when does it not?
I have not been sleeping well. At all. I guess it’s the same type of thing that happened a year or so ago when I wasn’t sleeping. This morning, I felt so yucky that I didn’t even go to church. Jay took Jenna and I stayed home and slept. Well, I got in bed for 2 1/2 hours trying to go to sleep, anyway. The good thing is olympic swimming is over, so I can at least go to bed earlier and lay there without sleeping longer. 
