See if you can find these lyrics:
T-Rex, I'm a tyrannosaurus
I'm the biggest carnivore in the Cretaceous forest
I like to romp and stomp around.
Two weeks ago, we went on vacation to Hilton Head. We realized that a family vacation probably won't happen until (at the earliest) late next year, so we wanted to take one last three member family vacation (although Oooh was there in my tummy) before new baby comes.
And it was fun! I say this with an exclamation point because it very well could have been a complete disaster, as other trips have been. I'll never forget taking 10 month old Declan to LA and him waking up at 4:30 every morning. We were so exhausted from lack of sleep and trying to keep a screaming child quiet so he wouldn't wake up the rest of the house that I don't exactly remember what else we did.
But this was actually a perfect little family trip. In addition to swimming, we went canoeing, dolphin watching, biking and built sandcastles on the beach. Declan actually started laughing out loud the first time we walked on the beach. If only I could take such joy in little pleasures like that. There were tons of kids, and a clown came down to the pool every day. Declan was both fascinated and terrified of her and would demand to go see the clown only to shyly ask me if I'd go and say hello to her. She was, by the way, a brash jersey grandma with a wig and makeup. Cappy was her name.
We also succeeded in getting Declan to go to sleep with Rich and I in the room, which we were terrified about. Because without sleep, no one is having any fun. But Declan surprised us by accepting "his bed" and snoozing away.
But since we've been home, Declan has been fighting off a virus and after waking up before 5:00am for most of the week (along with mom, who really has no choice) and throwing fits for everything from me using the wrong plate for his waffles (the horror!) to having a meltdown over me walking into his room, we went to the doctor. It's nothing serious, just a mild virus, but it's been big enough to disrupt everything in our little world. No moms day out, no playgroups, just me and my cranky kiddo.
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