Back to work and Dan's in Germany

Tomorrow Dan leaves for Germany. He won't be back until Saturday night, so I'll be here alone with Gianna all week. Also tomorrow, I return to work full-time and Gianna will go to day care full-time. Dan is always the one to put Gianna to bed. We give her a bath at 7, brush her teeth, put on her PJ's, then she watches Baby Einstein Lullaby with Dan until she's mostly asleep. Then at 8, he takes her back to the bedroom, puts on her Vietnamese music and tucks her into bed. I'd like to think she will fall asleep eventually no matter what I do, but it seems like two year olds can run on adrenaline long after we've dropped of exhaustion.

This weekend we strapped a fresh Christmas tree to the Jeep and drove it home to decorate. Gianna liked putting the hooks in the ornaments. Just like with the small tree, she preferred to put all ornaments on one branch. She also likes to undecorate the tree, as I found several ornaments on the kitchen floor this morning.
Today our cousin Justus came over to play with Gianna. Justus is 3 years old and lives in Queens. He is pretty shy like Gianna, but after a while they were both playing with toys, building blocks, and riding the Fisher Price truck. Speaking of shy, Gianna's teachers tell me she has been pretty reserved at daycare. She is the type of kid that likes to stand and watch other kids play rather than be in the middle of all the fun. They have a time where all the kids sit in a circle and sing songs, but so far she won't participate. One time I drove past the school when they were out at recess. I said to myself, awwww, look at that poor kid standing alone in the corner. She's wearing a cute jacket. It looks like Gianna's jacket...wait a second...that's Gianna :-( My heart sunk, but the teachers were motioning her to come play and she wouldn't. She does this at home sometimes too, she likes to watch other people play. As long as she's happy, I won't worry.