Category Archives: Kids

Guest Napper #18 – Storybook Snooze

One of my favorite bloggers, Ninja Mom, honored me twice over this weekend.  She sent me an impeccably dressed guest napper and she wrote up the nap for me, too!  If you’ve never stopped by to read her regular ruminations on the perils of parenting (although she makes no comment on the pitfalls of excessive alliteration) …

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Symbolic Sleep

Sometimes I look at the strange arrangements of these naps, and I imagine them in an art installation.  Sure, people with a classical bent may say that this is just, you know, like a picture of a bunch of soup cans.  A Walmart rug.  A cheap sofa bed. The genius is in the details, though.  See how …

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Simple Snooze

Coming off of a sunny weekend full of indulgent meals and champagne toasts to my new graduate degree, this nap struck me as being timely. I’m not saying it’s a funny nap.  Hey, we can’t be funny every day around here.  But you’ve got to admit it’s pretty sweet. I especially love how he sequestered …

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Leaning Toddler Of Pizzzzzza

When I see this extremely uncomfortable-looking nap, I can only surmise that Cormac was examining the crumbs between the couch cushions. That’s my first thought. And then my second thought is…how did he drop his pacifier on his right side and then swing wildly over to the left? We’re going to have to work on …

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