Mama Day

Today was a full-on Mama Day--in other words, an all-Eli, all-the-time day, with a brief interlude in the early evening for a much-appreciated (and sorely needed) 2 hour nap (naps: one of my secret vices and greatest pleasures). I got up with him in the morning, played around while doing house chores, then took him to the Panda Room for a haircut. After the haircut (and a brief nap for Eli in the car), I took him to a classmate's birthday party for the majority of the afternoon. Eli had a great time at the party, and of course didn't want to leave, but I was tired, even though mostly all I'd done was watch him exhaust himself on the Spiderman jumpy castle and chat with the other parents I knew from Eli's school. So we came home and he settled in to watch TV and eat dinner with Daddy while I crashed out for the aforementioned blissful nap. I woke up in time to do the evening bedtime ritual with Eli, who was definitely worn out from his busy day.

Other than that, I've spent my kid-free evening hours poking around on the computer downloading music and organizing photos, sitting next to Josh on the couch while he pokes around on his new Powerbook. (Josh has set it up so we can broadcast our iTunes playlists right to the stereo, wirelessly, from either computer. Woo!) Nice and companionable, but what a time suck--suddenly 3 hours later, it's midnight and my eyes are burning from staring at the screen. How did that happen? Sheesh. Time to go to bed.