I spoke with my neighbor this morning to try to allow the kids to play a bit, but schedules weren’t working for the morning so I decided to just go all crazy and skip the boy’s naps.
“Do you guys want to just come for lunch and they can play after?” I heard myself say. She knows my rigid nap schedule and questioned whether that would work for me. I knew it wouldn’t work well, but had already decided it was going to have to be okay.
The boys fought a little more than usual, there have been more tears, but they will survive and they will go to bed early tonight.
I got to chat with my friend, and it was nice to see her face smiling in my kitchen again. It has been too long.
Isn’t it wonderful, sometimes, to just chuck the schedule and let wonderful things happen whatever the consequences? 🙂