Anatomy Of Naptime

Remember two short months ago when I wrote this post about my sweet angelic child who slept like a champ and life was great?  HA.  

Here's how Holden's nap time more frequently goes these days.

1.  Stall like crazy:  Figure out that after lunch, comes nap and therefore take 28 years to eat your last 3 crackers.  Then insist on drinking every last drop of your milk.

2.  Try being cute:  In response to "okay, Holden, it's quiet time" say things like "Or, we could sit on the couch and cuddle!"  

3.  Stall like crazy:  Insist on 14 stuffed animals, a toy from the living room and multiple glasses of water.  Oh yeah, and the light on.  And the door open just a little bit, please...

4.  Sit quietly and plan your next attack:  This is crucial, because then your mom thinks she can get things done/play on the internet.

5. Get out of bed and get out all of  the toys in your room.  This includes, but is not limited to opening all boxes of toys with small parts, dumping an entire bin of books onto your bed, and finding all those dumb happy meal toys to hide in the nooks and crannies of your bed for safe keeping.

6.  Declare some of these happy meal toys too scary for naptime and one by one put them outside your door. 

 7.  Make sure your room is properly torn apart.  Rip a few pillows from their pillowcases, locate and open up your baby wipes, and take off your pants for good measure.

8.  Come out of your room with a big smile on your face and say "I woked up!"
Nap time over.