The girls are into a hilarious (and occasionally annoying) phase of choosing, re-choosing, and re-re-choosing their pajamas every night. Tonight after bath, for instance, Julia put on a crazy pair of purple jammies that attract her with a complicated Ariel-the-mermaid motif but repel her with scratchy synthetic fabric and tight elastic cuffs. For her part, Genevieve donned a heavy, warm sleeper right after bath. Not five minutes later, she switched to her favorite bright-green t-shirt/pants set, having (correctly) concluded that the sleeper would be too warm on the night after a 60-degree day. She wore the green PJs until bed, at which moment she took off the shirt, put on a long-sleeve pajama top, and then pulled the t-shirt shirt back on. I asked her, as she climbed into bed, if maybe she thought she would be too hot in all those clothes under all her covers. “No, I not,” she assured me.
No more than three minutes after lights-out, Vivi called me back in, complaining of being too hot. As I helped her out of her long-sleeved top, Julia hopped out of bed, trumping up the usual charges against her Ariel getup and switching into some far more comfortable light-cotton jammies. At least now they’re settled in, if not yet asleep.
Such are evenings at my house nowawdays. For those scoring at home:
Time: 60 minutes
Number of jammies, Julia: 2
Number of jammies, Genevieve: 2.5
Average lifespan of jammies: 13 1/3 minutes
Equivalent number of jammies over 12-hour day: 54
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1 Mnmom // Mar 14, 2010 at 9:00 pm
I now have found and sweet memories of little girls, and I want them back again. I have totally forgotten about all those annoying and frustrating traits. When you get to sleep all night, the dopamine kicks in and makes you forget all that.
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