"Good Morning World" this is basically what both boys said at 5:40 am this wonderful Saturday morning! At first my reaction was, "GO BACK TO BED!" which of course was received by, " I can't, I am done sleeping." Once I cleared the Sandman's dust from my weary eyes, I realized why my little angels were up so early. First, they went to bed at 8:30 so they have already slept 9 hours unlike me that was up until almost midnight. Secondly, this is the time their little bodies are used to walking out the door during the week to go to daycare/school.
So being the good wife I am, I take the little noise boxes downstairs to get them set up to watch a movie, hoping they will fall back to sleep while Joe slept. Michael of course wanted to play Wii which I put my foot down on that one and said absolutely not! When the boys were younger, we would put in a movie to watch during rest time and snuggle up with blankets and pillows on the couch. Our movie of choice was Polar Express as it was calming, darker in color and had that soothing effect. 99% of the time, the boys fell into their own dream land upon watching the movie. It worked so well, that occasionally when we told them we were watching it, the boys whined "I don't want to go to sleep". Okay, so they caught on to our plans!
Well, I was hoping that since it has been a long time since viewing Polar Express, the boys would revert back into their old habits and get at least a few more winks of shut eye. I set them up with the basics, a snack, juice, blankets and pillows and retreated back to the quiet of the upstairs. Once upstairs, my mind started racing about emails I should send out, paying bills, lesson planning, my discussion with Michael's teacher (nothing exciting), and the list went on. ( As I stated in a previous blog, my mind races all the time. Even my dreams are full of action. )
So now I am trying to fall asleep, my mind is racing, and every so often I hear the little chatter from our first floor! Eventually after literally doing some relaxation techniques, I drift off into slumber land only to be awaken an hour later by Jacob being Tigger and bouncing back into our bed with his juice. Jacob has decided he is not interested in the movie any more which is fine, except that now I am worried he will spill his juice all over me. I roll over, take his juice and try to quiet him down. No luck. Well now Jacob is fully awake, Michael is talking loudly and I just give up. So at 7:00 on a Saturday morning, I reluctantly go downstairs, pay bills, straighten up the blanket/pillow mess and begin my day.
The boys used to sleep in on the weekends. I am sure it will return...some day. I guess I should be lucky, at least they slept through the night!
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