Pizza night

I KNOW, I KNOW, No posts in awhile. We have all been sick and have been laying low and getting better. Emerson just can't shake the ear infection. Hoping this week we will see marked improvement with a new antibiotic.

We had pizza night a few Fridays ago and this time we made out own dough. She had fun kneading it and really likes to help when she can.

She are at a crossroad with Emerson right now. At3 years old she does still need a nap in order to get thru the day, however nap time and going to bed at night is not fun now. She fights the nap during the day, but once she does settle down she can take almost 2 hours of a nap. So, when bedtime rolls around she is not tired and all but refuses to stay in her bed. We have taken her TV shows away from her, taken the princess dresses away- which you would think would devastate her, books, spankings- you name it we have tried it. We have even resorted to stying up until 10:00- 10:30 and then putting her to bed thinking the later she went down the easier it would be to get her down. Nope. That did notwork either. We end up mad and resentful of her because we are tired and want to go to bed. All the up and down is not fun at all! We spent the weekend experimenting with no naps. She is awful in the evenings. However, she does go down better at night. Everything I have read and from what everyone says her body will get used to it, but you have to deal with her until she adjusts. Wish us luck that we all survive.