Resisting Sleep

The girls are now going to sleep in same room every night. Most nights, Julia bravely and uncomplainingly falls asleep (or tries to fall asleep) even as Vivi emits a wide and entertaining variety of babble and chatter. Monday night, for instance, she called me in urgently and then pointed at the window and said, "Tweet-tweet-tweet!" The singing birds outside her window were keeping her up. Other nights, she runs through the (long, and getting longer) list of foods she can name. Honestly, hearing her say "Pizza... Broccoli..." over and over for ten minutes is kinda soothing: "Bocky... Beet-ba... Bocky... Beet-ba... Bocky... Beet-ba... Bocky... Beet-ba..."

Forecast: Significant blowing and drifting, with the possibility of heavy accumulation in rural areas.