Time Change

The time change has been especially tough on Cora. She is taking her second nap of the day at 4:30. She already had a morning nap before 10 because she was tired from waking up so early. She also had troubled sleep yesterday because she woke up when we came home from soccer and didn't fall back asleep.



We've been taking advantage of the last few sunny and warm days by doing some hiking in the Jefferson Forest. Saturday we did a short hike around the "lake" (it's really just a large pond). The kids then played at the playground. Cora enjoys the slides just as Nyla did at this age. Usually she goes down on her belly but sometimes she allows us to help and then we send her down on her butt. On Saturday there was an odd eight year old girl there that played with Bohdin. She was nice enough to Bohdin but yelled at her older sister who wanted to join in the playing. We went back on Sunday with Buddy this time and did a longer hike. We ended up at the same playground and the kids played again. This time the other kids were Nyla's age so she had a companion.








Bohdin's interesting find


We've been really busy with outings. In addition to the hiking on Saturday afternoon we went to the library toddler dance party in the morning. Nyla asked one of the girls if she would like to be her friend. I didn't hear the response. Monday afternoon we went to the zoo where Nyla waved and said hello to every single small child we passed. Not one responded. I can understand that since Bohdin would not have responded at that age either. Yesterday morning was soccer practice and in the afternoon we visited a farm for Lego League. Bohdin milked a goat and a cow and did a decent job. He had a great time there. Nyla hated it. She is not a farm girl. Paul was confused what this had to do with Lego League. Every year there is a theme which every single Lego League across the country uses. They need to create a Lego project with at least one moving piece related to the theme and present it along with a poster. This year's theme is snacks and the kids chose cheese. They built a Lego farm with a cow on a turntable that enters a barn to be milked. They made cheese twice and they've all researched how cheese is made. The visit to the dairy farm was part of that research. The poster is put together and now they are just rehearsing the presentation. It all needs to be done from memory and every member of the team needs to be able to answer questions about any part of it. They will give their presentation in December at the regional competition. At their age they don't actually compete but the older kids with the robots and stuff will be competing. Bohdin likes Lego League for the League part of it instead of the Lego part. He's still not into Legos.