No Nap?

I think yesterday was the first day in, well, as long as I can remember that M did not have a nap. I mean NO nap at all.. not even 2 minutes, and he did great! (But that sure doesn't mean we're no-napping from now on, no siree)

It was a no-nap day because we had an appointment with the pediatrician. In Alberta, you cannot walk into a pediatrician's office or book an appointment by yourself. No, you must be referred. So when they refer you, you don't dare tell them that you don't like the time they've given you.

Which then leads me to question, if you know a 2 year old is coming into the office, would you not know that at 1:40 in the afternoon they would be napping? Sheesh!

Anyhow, I was a bit concerned at first as usually M is fast asleep by 1pm. So, we headed out early and stopped at Safeway for lunch. Have you ever eaten at Safeway for lunch? I mean one of the good Safeways that have the Sandwiches and everything. Ours is especially yummy because it has freshly made sushi in the store and piping hot chinese food that is actually good!

Sorry, I digressed there. We ate a yummy lunch of sushi, chinese food and chocolate milk of course, which gave us enough energy to make it to the doctor's appointment. 3 potty stops later and we made it through!

But now it was 2:15 and he wasn't showing a sign of being tired. What to do? Chapter's was next door, so we went over to buy the Hallowe'en costume that I had been looking at for M. That took us darn near 45 minutes for some reason, and Mr. M was getting a tad bit cranky in the store. What to do?

Aha. Starbucks. you take a 2 year old to starbucks? uh huh. One chocolate banana smoothie and one gingerbread cookie later and we've had enough sugar to make it through the day. (I wouldn't recommend doing this on a daily basis though).





Got home and met half the cul-de-sac moms and kids playing outside, so M ran around and burned off a bit more.

Had a quick supper, then dashed off to swimming lessons. Mommy did lessons solo today (usually it's a team sport). Phew! It's hard work lifting up 35 pounds when they sing songs during the lessons and you're supposed to lift the kid out of the water like a rocket. My arms are feeling it today!

Sorry, digressed again. None the less, we made it home safe and sound, M went to bed without much issue and told me "I had a great sleep last night Mommy!" when he woke up today :O)