Dad was too sick to help Sam and Claire with their Blog

Sorry for the delay, but I was sick with a cold that Claire gave to me. I think it is the real reason that she offers me green beans at dinner. There are three stories I can tell about the babies. The first is a story about Claire that I have been forbidden to tell by Claire's mom. Mom is protective of Claire's privacy, so although it is a really good story it will not make it to the internet or interfere with Claire's career as a pop singer. The second story concerns Sam. Mom put Sam and Claire to bed for their afternoon nap. They really weren't interested in going to sleep so they stood in their cribs and made yelping noises back and forth at one another. Lynn ignored the babies and waited for them to decide to go to sleep on their own. When she heard... a huge crash from the babies room and silence. Silence is never a good sign from babies so she went upstairs to investigate. Claire was standing in her crib looking over at Sam's crib with enormous eyes. Sam was standing in the far corner of his crib with an amazed expression. He had reached from his crib to a standing mirror two feet from away and managed to push it over. Lynn said, "Sam what did you do?" At this point Sam felt it appropriate to burst into tears. Now the mirror is safely in the basement. The third story is about what happened when I missed the babies bedtime tonight. About twenty minutes before bedtime we take them upstairs and change them into their pajamas, turn down the lights and let them relax and unwind a little before putting them to bed. When Lynn turned down the lights Claire crawled to the top of the stairs and sat looking down waiting for her dad to arrive. This happened last week on the day when I missed the babies bedtimes too.