A botany and circadian lesson

We have a very lovely tree in our backyard and since we moved in, it has always puzzled me what type of tree it is.  It's bark is all sorts of different shades and textures, it has leaves that continuously fall, the branches seem to droop almost like a willow, it produces black berries the size of grapes and has the most delicious smelling flowers you've ever laid your nose on.  
Today, I FIGURED IT OUT.  I've been internet-searching this tree forever and finally, I came across it's species.  It's a Canaga tree which produces the Ylang-ylang flower.  And that is why it smells so amazing.

Here's a close up of the Ylang-ylang flowers and off to the left you can see the black fruit growing.  So now I know, and now you know.

TAKING BACK NAPS!

The past week and a half have been awful in nap-land.  Zane started the whole ordeal by starting to take 20-30 minute naps. This is common when a developmental leap is reached (him walking) however, it leads to a very cranky and very tired baby.  

Lily soon followed the new trend because, even though they are in different rooms, with white-noise machines blaring, they still hear each other (twin magic).  

Today, I said enough!, my sanity threatening to leaving me.  Lily is an excellent self-soother so I said, "I'm sorry honey, you're just going to have to figure this one out, while I work on your brother", and laid her down for her nap, she quickly fell asleep.  Zane fought with all his might to not go down, but eventually mommy won and he drifted off.  

I laid on the ground next to his crib with a monitor on Lily and the work began.  15 minutes into his nap he woke up, I put him back down. At 30 minutes he woke up, I put him back down.  At this time I saw Lily's monitor start flashing red lights.  I sighed, relieved myself of maternal guilt and thought "you can do it babe".  The lights flared for 10 minutes and then disappeared.  Zane tried to get up once more at the 1 hour mark, and I put him back down.  At 1 hr and 30 minutes (his standard nap length), he let out a sigh, stretched his little baby body, sat up and smiled at me.  I proudly twirled him out of his crib, and he laughed instead of screamed for the first time since this madness began.  

Lily slept for a total of 2 hours (her standard nap length) and joyfully woke up ready to play.  The late afternoon and evening were peaceful and now both babies are zonked out for the night.  The afternoon nap battle was won today, but the war is far from over.  It will take at least a week to reprogram my willful children.