Sometimes you gotta laugh....

There are many things that the girls have done to make me shake my head and I can't think of them all right now, but one happened just about an hour ago that I had to share. We have been battling over naps lately. The girls are at that age when they really still need a nap, but don't want to take one. This causes the turmoil. Most of the time we put them in their room and they play - which is fine until the fighting starts which leads to crying which leads to more chaos at naptime. They'll actually stay in their room for over an hour at naptime without setting foot in the beds unless I come in to break them up. That's pretty funny too because the minute I open the door they bolt for the beds. They do the same thing at night.

Anyway - they were in their room for about 30 minutes this afternoon and I heard lots of laughing (very normal during this time and - hey - anything but crying is good at this point). We have a video monitor given to us when the girls were born that is wonderful, so I turned it on and saw what they were doing. Then I went in to take pictures.....Anna is in the green shirt and Ashlyn is in the pink one....


Yes - my lovely darlings had taken all their clothes out of the hamper and out of their drawers and were rolling around in them laughing their heads off. The photos don't actually do the room justice as there were stacks of clothes in the corners as well. This is one of those moments as a parent that you REALLY shouldn't laugh and try to have that stoic look on your face that shows disapproval, but I just smiled and told them they needed to help Mommy put everything away. They were good girls and helped me, but weren't too happy about it. Not too long after they finally went to sleep and I now have the opportunity to post this story and the pictures.