malloy is going through an anti-sleep phase at the moment! she takes forever to go to sleep for nap and same at bedtime. she waits until it's dark outside to go to sleep. today i put up a dark velcro shade to go right on the window so that it was completely dark in the room and she can't just pull back the curtain. she noticed right away that it was dark, called me in and said 'i can't see anything. i need a light so i can play." that's the whole point!!!! she managed to rip a little corner back and get some light in. they still ended up going to bed after 9pm. i'm at a total loss! i have no idea how to get them to go to sleep.

malloy had a school spirit day today. all the kids wore red and had a little parade and school cheer. it was cute!

we took uncle ryan out to dinner at red lobster to celebrate his last day of college and his birthday. the kids love it there and malloy was in her glory eating shrimp, crab, and lobster! rex played with his squinkies throughout the entire dinner. he was happy just playing very quietly while eating his dinner.