Notes on a Thursday

Pics of beautiful Burl and Ivo at the science museum on tues.

This morning is remarkable because, unlike most days, Burl went back to sleep after waking up at 6:17am. The boys and I slept in til 8:30! Sleep is weird here. It's not awful - and everyone does sleep - pretty well too, it's just not sync'd up at all. Burl likes to fall asleep around 8:30p and wake up at 6:30a. Ivo likes to fall asleep around 10p and wake up around 9a. Also, Ivo doesn't usually nap. So I have been known to fall asleep before Ivo...

OK. Is it normal for a kid to not want to drink? Ivo only wants apple juice - he flat out refuses other liquids. Is it possible he's motivated - even partly - to refuse drinking because I think it's important? I suspect this might be happening... I don't know what I did wrong - he used to like water. I'm not worried, exactly, but I'm quite bothered. I'm trying not to make a big deal out of it. He's eating well.

Today we went to D-man's new house - he has a big courtyard with a fish pond that has a couple turtles, a jungle gym a big swimming pool and lots of space to run. Very nice.
It's been hotter this month, so far, than it was in August. Boo.