O Christmas Party

Our almost 4-year-old twins have been going through a rough period the past month or so. They don't nap anymore at home, but they do take a nap at preschool three days out of the week. This has worked fine...until several weeks ago when a new and painful pattern emerged. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday when they take naps at school, we do our 8-8:30pm nighttime routine like normal (and we are pretty routined with our twins, pretty much have to be when you have twins, in my opinion!) and they don't go to sleep until anywhere between 9:30 and 11:00pm. Maddening! Their preschool does not have a separate room for kids that don't nap, even though there are several of them. So we are kind of stuck in this downward spiral. Their nights keep getting later on those 3 nights a week, the mornings get later, then the other days of the week they end up exhausted because they can't seem to catch up.

Add to this, all the Christmas partying where - like this weekend - we stayed up late Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Makes for some pretty tired kids. Good thing we've got sugar and the promise of new toys coming their way for Christmas to keep 'em going! We've had some good parties this year though - my favorite ones are where everyone ends up talking in the kitchen with their shoes off. What's your favorite kind of holiday party?