Naps and Letters

Nicholas really needs to start napping again at school. His behavior at naptime has improved, but he still refuses to nap. I think he has napped twice in the past 4 weeks. At school, that is. At home he naps each weekend afternoon.

Now I know some kids start giving up naps by this age (he is almost 3, afterall), but Nicholas is not ready to give up naps. He is a complete MESS each evening when he doesn't nap. The weather is delightful but we hesitate to try to do anything fun in the evenings because he just can't handle it. Things as simple as eating dinner can lead to huge meltdowns and crocodile tears. Sleep, child!

In more exciting news from school, Nicholas has apparently learned to write the letters "H" and "O." He volunteered this fact at dinner tonight, so we pulled out a piece of paper and sure enough, he has a beautiful and precise upper-case H. Writing an "O" just means that he has realized that he can call a circle an "O." This means he is 1/4 of the way to writing his name. Pretty cool!