Afternoon Activities

I've been taking it pretty easy on myself this summer, relative to other summers. In addition to a nursing newborn, a toddler, and two active older children, I've been hit with a bad bout of postpartum anxiety and depression. It seems to be fueled by or at least compounded by lack of sleep, so I'm working on catching up on it when I can, and trying to rest a little while in the afternoons while the babies nap.

I have to say, though, we are still doing a lot but I fail to give myself any credit or slack sometimes. We've still been going to the park, wading pool and splash pad, zoo, etc. But just not every day, and afternoons are almost always spent at home so we don't lose out on naps.

This afternoon, after a 20 minute "powernap" (which was interrupted only about 20 times by Jimmy and Barbara with questions as they gathered supplies for their projects!) we made the following projects: Barbara searched a recipe book and found a recipe for quick 'n easy cake, which she pretty much baked on her own. And Jimmy got out his library book on "Crafts for kids who are wild about Reptiles" and made a "brown anole puppet" out of an old dish soap bottle and stray brown sock of Robbie's. It is a funny puppet- you squeeze the bottle and a red balloon fills up, to look like the puffed up throat of a male anole! How bizarre... But I heard Jimmy saying about the project, "It was a BLAST!" after he was done. Ha ha

Tonight Robbie and I (and Leo) are going out on a doubledate with some good friends to Theology on Tap. I'm so excited, it should be fun!!