monday shmonday

monday mornings are usually tough for pepe. transition from full time attention to being one of the many, from full control over his activities and environment (yes, he does play us like a musical instrument) to having to follow the teacher's lead is not pepe's forte. "i don't want to go to school" is said over and over on monday mornings. i don't remember him ever being clingy last year. drop outs were an old time easy breathy. but i hear from chris, who does drop outs this year, that monday mornings at school involve screaming kids fighting for toys. bribery, such as going to see diggers and press the button at the crosswalk several times work well to get pepe out of the house on monday mornings.

one of the niceness about being a toddler (which i fail to remember at times) is that everything is present, and a new truck or interesting discovery completely erases any thought of a shed tear. emotions are intense, but so are happiness and joy, and there is much much much more of the latter.

i picked pepe up after my run around 5:30, warmed up the pasta with hamburger sauce, and pepe ate 2 full bowls. we watched a little of the "there goes a truck video", and then pepe took a bath with bubbles. chris came home around 7, and we all hang out reading books. chris's turn to put pepe down...

another monday gone...