Макдоналда (McDonald's)

So we had our first trip to McDonald's today. Sam was very good and ate all of his cheeseburger. He got a Happy Meal, but we held his toy until the end of end of the meal. He was very excited that he got a car. We took a couple of pictures of him with his Happy Meal box when we got back home.





Later we went to the park as we always do in the afternoon, and there were a bunch of boys playing (with realistic toy guns). But Sam made a new friend. A little boy a couple of years older than him with the exact same coat. They rode the slide together, and chased each other around the playground. It was really funny, and I am glad that he found a little friend. As we were leaving, I think Sam told him that he would see him tomorrow, but I don't think that boy will be there, because his parents will be at work and he will be in school.

In parenting news, we decided to give up on Sam's naps, and we implemented a quiet time hour. He is right at that age where he really doesn't need a nap anymore, and so we just started putting him to sleep earlier. He is a little grouchy around dinnertime, but that is only a little bit before his bath which is only about 30 minutes before he goes to bed. It is better than him not going down at night, because he is not tired from his nap. We also moved up his bedtime from 9:30 to 7. And he has been falling asleep at about 7:30. They told us that his bedtime at the orphanage was 9:30 to 10:30. That is a little too late especially since that is my bedtime. We tried moving him out of our futon bed and onto the cot that is in our room, but he fell out of it at about 11:15. He was ok. He said, "Mama, Papa" and I picked up and put him in our bed and he just went back to sleep. Sam sleeps like a rock.... a radioactive moving rock.