Water Play at the Sink

We recently stopped letting Wesley take a nap. He often will nap two plus hours and even if we wake it him up from his nap, he has trouble going to sleep at night. When he doesn't take a nap, he falls asleep rather quickly at night. Sometimes he even sleeps in until 7:30.

I do miss "my time" during nap time. He does play by himself or listen to books on CD for about an hour and then I play with him. It isn't the same as having a quiet house to myself.

One day last week, I had several things that I wanted to get done during Lydia's naptime. Taking a cue from one of my friends and her blog post about playing at the sink, I decided to let Wesley help me with my tasks. I let him wash my work toys - the bigger one that aren't usually mouthed and that don't have batteries. (I wash the baby toys i.e. the ones that get mouthed at the start and/or end of every session.)
Wesley spent a long time washing the toys. I was able to get some other stuff done and he had a great time cleaning the toys for me.