Zzzzz...

At daycare a schedule is followed, which probably helps the children feel comfortable.  For instance lunch is at 11:00 and nap time at 11:30 (for two hours or so).  Of course you can't make a toddler sleep but you can provide an atmosphere of peace and quiet and encourage sleeping.  So on weekends K and E try to maintain this timeline, and I am doing the same.  It's amazing!  Randy walked through the dining room as e was eating her lunch today; he passed by a few minutes later and saw me eating lunch alone.  "Where is e?" he asked.  "In bed," I replied.  Most days it goes just this smoothly.  Her teacher told E one day that e was not ready to sleep at first but did walk around the room patting the other children on the back as they lay on their mats.  That must have been cute!