Santiago Marcos Melendez

Saturday, August 26, 2006

A, somewhat, typical day for Santiago

Santiago's day begins between 6:30 and 7 o'clock. He is always the first one to wake up in the household. He wiggles around in bed cuddling with Mom & Dad. Eventually he sits up looks at Dad and says, "Book!" Dad rouses best as he can get gets out a book to read with Santiago. After listening for a while he then says with emphasis "Milk!" and he and Dad head upstairs to get a sippy cup of milk. They return and Mom is up getting dressed. Santiago might return to reading with Dad or if he joins Mom, he'll brush his teeth (chew on his toothbrush) while Mom washes her face.

Then Mom and Santiago head upstairs to make breakfast. Santiago stands on a chair and directs and helps with the preparation. He determines whether he'll add banana, nuts or such things to his cereal. Generally he eats most of his breakfast while still standing on his chair in the kitchen while Mom is pulling things out of cabinets and the refrigerator. When Dad joins them, Santiago likes to join Dad to direct his breakfast preparation. Santiago usually prefers to play with his train or other toys to eating breakfast.

After getting dress, Mom, Dad and Santiago head out for a walk beside Town Lake. Santiago makes the choice of which path to follow. Along the way, he eats his fill of mini waffles. He enjoys getting out of his stroller at one point on the path and throwing rocks into the water. He then likes to push is own stroller for a while and ends up riding back on Dad's shoulders.

The remainder of the morning is spend meeting other kids for playgroups, going to classes or tagging along with Mom on errands. After lunch, one o'clock, it's nap time and after reading three of four books, Santiago sleeps for one and a half or two hours. He is a slow riser from naptime, unless Mom announces that they are heading out to some fun event like visiting Grandmom & Granddad or going swimming.

Mom, Dad and Santiago eat dinner around six followed by some playtime or another walk. Bath time is a fun time. Dad and Santiago bathe together. But there is more hype about "toothbrushing" that comes after the bath. Then the family reads more books together and by 8:30 it's "lights out."

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