Justin's First Picture Day

It was picture day at Justin’s school. This was his first time with school pictures, so of course I had to stay and take pictures of the event. His 4-year-old class was well behaved – they lined up, walked to the gym, stood very patiently, and waited for their turn to be photographed. Justin kept making silly faces when the photographer told him to smile, but hopefully one of the pictures will turn out well.

Both Brian and Justin were very tired in the afternoon. I kept them up (didn’t want them nap late and stay up into the wee hours of the night), and both were asleep by 7 pm. Kenton went to the gym to get some exercise, and Kevin and I had some good reading time together. We also played a game of Life with my sister. I thought I was possibly going to have some alone time. Of course, that didn’t happen – Justin got up right when Kevin was getting ready for bed, and Brian was up an hour later. It was a long night – Justin and Brian were wide awake and stayed up past 1 am playing. I kept falling asleep on the sofa, but they would wake me up to show me something, to have me to read a book, to eat or drink something, etc. Then after that, Brian woke up several times throughout his sleep.

The younger boys aren’t on a regular schedule yet. Justin’s preschool is every other day, and he still needs a nap about twice a week. Brian hasn’t gotten on a regular schedule since he switched from two naps to one. Some days he falls asleep at noontime while bringing Justin to school (my ideal schedule for him). Other days he doesn’t fall asleep until we go to pick up his brothers. Then once in a while, such as yesterday, he goes just about the whole day without a nap and doesn’t sleep well at night. I’m finding it much more difficult to get Brian on a regular schedule, because his schedule includes his older brothers’ schedules. I suppose that is just a part of being the youngest sibling.