Short and Sweet

Today is short and sweet.  Everything seems so easy.  Do you ever have those days?  Making lunches and breakfast was actually fun this morning with everyone helping.  IK slept in until 9:30 a.m.  (unheard of!)  I got my book fair plan completed and mailed out before IK woke up. I found out a good friend is getting back with her husband after being separated for more than a year.  I got all my errands run. 

I even got 10 hours of sleep last night.  I accidentally fell asleep with the baby last night at 8pm and rose at 6am to the sound of my husband running into a toy on the floor while trying to wake up our four-year-old who also managed to get in bed with us last night.  Ah, yes, I know. I've heard it all.  "Don't let your children into your bed.  You'll never be able to get them out." But it's so much easier than completely waking up and taking them back up to their bed and it's a myth that children can't sleep by themselves if they have been sleeping in the family bed.  My 8-year-old slept with us until he was 3 and he was perfectly happy to move into his new room and sleep all by himself in his new big boy bed.  Same with NK.  She still comes down to our room occasionally, but for the most part, she stays in her room at night.  I actually love snuggling with them.  They are not going to want to sleep with us forever so why not just enjoy it?  Seize the moment because tomorrow morning they will be different children than the ones you're snuggling with tonight.  

Now I am sitting here watching IK deconstruct her tiny sandwich.  She only wants to eat the turkey.  She refused her veggies and fruits and now she wants more turkey.  Hmmm.  That's a lot of nitrites for one little human.  I should cut her off.

I wish parenting were as easy as everything else has been today....TTYL.