the adventures of malloy and rex

what a day! we went to the gym and then wegmans. then it was off to the museum!! we didn't end up going until noon. we had a quick trip - spent mostly on the mini-playground inside grossology. rex finally worked up the nerve to go down the slide and through the tunnel and then LOVED it! he got so wrapped up in it that he peed a tiny bit in his underwear. he's started to control himself, so that's good news! we went to the museum later because rex had a dr. appt at 2:30 and there was no way that they would get a nap in before then. then it was off to the doctor!

rex did amazing, especially since he was tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiired! he was very cooperative and did everything the doctor asked him. he was 35lbs and 37 inches :) when he got his finger pricked (which took a LONG time to fill that little vile - apparently rex doesn't bleed!) he sat like such a good boy on my lap - he didn't make a peep, just watched the nurse squeezing his bleeding finger. then we put on a special cars bandaid. next was his shot. he only needed one - he watched the nurse plunge the needle in and whimpered a bit and that was it. he got another cars bandaid, got to pick out a toy from the toy bucket in the office and i gave him smarties for doing such a great job! malloy also go smarties for being so well behaved during rex's appointment.

when we got home, each kid claimed a couch and they laid down, ate some popcorn and watched a movie. they were both exhausted but still being really good.

then it was dinner time - meltdown central!!! malloy didn't like the chicken, she wanted a different kind, rex wanted a banana instead of his dinner, one had to go potty, then the other one...there was a LOT of crying! i had to gather up all of my reserved patience to get through dinner! then i had to start threatening and counting to three to get teeth brush, THEN daddy came home!!! he handled malloy while i took care of rex and it was pretty smooth sailing after that. we said goodnight and shut the door at 6:30! rex came out once but that was it. i had to remind them that if i came in again, the nightlight was going to be removed from their room. seemed to do the trick - haven't heard anything in over an hour.

last night, i think malloy stayed awake, just laying in bed staring at the nightlight for a good 2 hours. it was 9:30 and she was still awake.being very quiet, just laying in bed. she was waiting for the fairies to come and wanted desperately to see them. i explained to her this morning that fairies don't come if you're awake, you have to be sleeping first because they don't want you to see them. she woke up at least twice last night. i went in once and she said "i'm going back to sleep" (after she was calling for me on the verge of tears!) pulled her blankets on herself and laid down. the second time she just wanted to tell me she loved me. which is nice and all but not so nice when it's 4am! i told her to save up all her 'i love yous' and give them to me in the morning!!