here and there

So I 'm not really sure why I bother writing some things down here - I sometimes think that the computer is like that friend you talk to every day, discuss daily details with, vent to, etc.  Basically, my husband, if my husband were available at odd times during the day.  Writing it here helps me remember later when he wants to know how my day was!  So the bedtime blues are up and down, some days are good, some days are awful.  I guess I am using a combination of tactics to keep the twins in bed, and progress is very slow.  I feel partially as if I should have made the transition to a toddler bed at 18 months, and partially as if they should still be in a crib, with a crib tent.  I just found out that those actually exist... not sure what I think of that...

Jude is sick again.  The girls are also, but it's just not so worrisome with 2 year olds as it is with a 2 month old.  It's just the season, I guess, but it is really frustrating, because we hardly go out, and still the sickness finds us.  This time through Dan.  Poor guy, he had it really bad.  And now he has decided to go on a diet.  I flat out refused to do it with him, no way!  I am nursing, and I find it hard enough to get enough food without restrictions.  Plus, my kids need their carbs!  And their fruit. I feel like an un-supportive wife, but he can get through his two weeks, and then I will work on modifying all of our carb intake to whole grains... sigh.  I will say this though, that South Beach diet really works.  We did it a few years ago, and it was amazing.  

My girls are lots of fun in between nap and bedtime... they are very funny and affectionate.  They have been fighting a lot, though, and it's kind of amusing.  If Rowan is in the bedroom, and hears Genevieve say "no" about something in the living room, she yells "yes!" from her room, regardless of what's happening in the living room, and Vivi just says "no!" again, and they go back and forth for a while, arguing about absolutely nothing, just being contrary to each other.  I generally let this go, I need to pick my battles, and they are going to fight, no matter what I do.  But they are really good at apologizing and making up.