Eli! I'm your best friend!
For some reason, Dave and I have been completely wiped out the last few weeks. Personally, all I want to do is pull the covers over my head and not come out for at least a couple of days. If given the opportunity, I could probably fall asleep any time, anywhere. Sadly, this is not the case for Dave who, despite his exhaustion, doesn't seem to be able to get to sleep at night, and when he does, still manages to. wake up a few times. You know who else isn't sleeping (during the day anyway)? Henry. Once again his naps are all over the place. Once again I'm worried he's transitioning to one nap a day. Yesterday took the cake; he didn't nap at all. Both times we put him down he chattered and fussed the entire time. I just put him down for his morning nap and haven't heard a peep yet, so fingers crossed.
On the days that Dave works from home I head out to the Salem Common for a walk. I always manage to somehow time it so that I'm there when the Common is overrun by loud fifth and sixth graders in town for a field trip. Yesterday I noticed that all the girls in one class were dressed in long flowery dresses and cardigans, which I thought was odd because it seemed the antithesis of sixth grade girl attire. At first I thought maybe it was a private school dress code thing, but then I noticed some of the boys were wearing blousy white shirts with vests, short pants, and black socks pulled up to their knees. I wonder if they were given extra credit for trying to dress "colonial". Anyway, the girls were all huddled to one side talking and giggling, and the boys were running around with a football. Suddenly there was a loud commotion with lots of shouts of "Eli! Eli!" I looked to see what was going on and there was Eli, holding the ball, standing in front of the other boys who were all shouting for him to throw the ball to them. Up from the chorus of "Eli, I'm open"'s and "Eli, over here"'s, a voice rose above the others, piercing the cool October air: "Eli! ELI.....I'M YOUR BEST FRIEND!!!" I couldn't stop laughing. Anything to get an edge.