Blissful

The second best time of the day (the best time, of course, being those dreamy hours between kid bedtime and my bedtime) is definitely naptime. I put the babies down at 12:30 pm. And for the next three to four hours, the house is quiet and serene. I doubt that they actually sleep for that long, but they're usually content to sit in their cribs (I put them in separate rooms for naptime) and talk to themselves and hang out. And if they're happy in there, I see no reason to take them both out and disrupt the bliss.

Of course, the only regular disruptions to the bliss are the arguments I have with T. He gets rather bored in the afternoon and so he often comes into my office to ask for snacks, a different show, permission to play a game on the computer (the one I'm working on), and so on and so forth. Sometimes, the boredom is helped by playing with the boy next door, but mostly, the only thing that helps is when he falls asleep on the couch.

I'm already dreaming of next fall, when T will be in afternoon kindergarten and the babies will be down for naps and I will truly have blissful afternoons. *Sigh.*