Finally Recovered from Daylight Savings

We turned our clocks forward two weeks ago. The kids did not adjust well. The first week, we were looking at bedtimes of 8 pm for Kai and 10 pm for Xander; both boys slept in until nearly 8 am, wreaking havoc on our morning routine.

Kai slowly adjusted back to a 7 pm bedtime. Xander, however, fought it, resulting in a very, very tired and cranky four-year-old. Last Monday, he came home from school and had a 20-minute crying fit about whether he could watch Chuggington on YouTube before or after dinner.  He finally agreed he was tired, and went to his room to lie down--at 6 pm--and slept for 14 hours. He's been back on schedule since.

I mentioned in the Saint Patrick's Day post that Xander absentmindedly sings when he plays. I captured some video of it:

Now that Kai has mastered walking, he's advancing quickly with communication skills. He understands English and Spanish very well, and babbles in a gurgly mix of both languages. Words he can say include: agua, adios, hola, gracias, one two three, uno dos tres, zapatos, Xander, mama, daddy, gato, milk. He understands a lot more than he can say. He knows where things should go (like shoes on feet, or my glasses to me), and follows simple directions (like "sit down"). Yesterday, as I was outside on the front porch, he walked to the open front door with two (mismatched) shoes in his hands, and held them up. It was clear he wanted to go outside, and he knew he needed shoes to do it.

Here he is after climbing up on the footstool to reach the bathroom sink. It's a long video with not much happening, but there is babbling. And please don't be concerned, he is wearing pants in this video--they are just white, and he's diaper-free.

In moving news, I finally had to hire someone through TaskRabbit to do preschool research for us. Micah and I have no spare time during the work day to do this research/calling. By Monday, I will have a list of schools with all info I need to start making decisions. I'm paying someone $50 to do this--a mom who lives in Texas. Check out the website if you're not familiar with it--you post a job you need someone to do, they bid, you review their qualifications and reviews, and you choose. I've had a great experience so far.

Once we get preschool and daycare covered, we will know our target moving date, and then everything else should fall into place.