The more things change..the more they stay the same...

So, it's no big surprise that to this day, Kylee is still hard (I mean REALLY hard) to get to sleep. She has never liked going to sleep. Even as a tiny baby. Tonight, I was tucking her in and she asked me to cuddle with her for a few minutes. I laid down next to her. She was still for about 2 minutes and popped up and looked at me and said "no mommy...you have to do it that one way". I said "what way?" She said "you know how you do when you put your arm over me and then pull me next to you" (spooning..she loves to spoon) I put my arm over her as she turned away from me and cuddled up close to her. She laid still for about 3 minutes...and then one hand started moving...under the sheet making like a sheet puppet opening and shutting its mouth. So I waited, and waited then I finally took and put her hand down and cupped both hands with my hand so she couldn't move. She didn't move..and within literally 1 1/2 mins, she was out. Asleep.
Its amazing that after almost 6 years, she still moves CONTINUOUSLY to stay awake when she is exhausted...and even like when she was 6 months old, I can still hold her close, keep her arms/legs from moving, and she just falls asleep.

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With a couple of exceptions, I was really the first of most of my friends in having kids. I think I counted it out last Dec. and if you invited all my Vegas friends with kids over, we would have 10 kids 5 and under (Kylee being the oldest!) And no, I wouldn't attempt that without lots of alcohol on hand. So, I seem to get to experience all kinds of new *firsts*..this is just one of them.

Did you know that kindergarten has it's own mores? Yup. Me neither. Bathroom etiquette is learned REALLY young. I can remember as a child going to the skating rink and there not even being doors on the stalls...and not really caring. But, these days, apparently you care. For instance, Hannah and Kylee at dinner the other night and I take the two of them to the bathroom. It's one of the big bathrooms that you walk in and lock the door (just a toilet and sink, no stalls...you know the kind). Well, Kylee and Hannah both had on their leotards from gymanstics. Kylee was going to use the bathroom first. So she started to take off her leotard but then stopped and said "but I don't want Hannah to see my privates". Hannah said "but I'm just standing against the wall...and I'm looking this way (straight ahead)". Kylee "ok...but don't turn and look". So Iasked her what the big deal is because at school they have to open stalls and two of them use the bathroom at the same time. To which Kylee quickly informed me that they might be in there, but she doesn't look to the side unless she is getting toilet paper and otherwise they stare straight ahead so they don't see the other person. Who knew? And really, when did kindergarten get so hard? Boyfriends, social laws...geez. My biggest worry was the Spot book.