Sleeping In

Since having Eric twelve years ago, I have not slept in. He was often up at 5 in the morning. Then the next 3 kids came and none of them slept in either. I am lucky when they sleep until 6:30. But in their defense, I put them to bed very early. Even on Saturdays, sometimes the entire family is up and has eaten breakfast by 7 am.

But at the start of the kids' Christmas break, I was sick. So I slept in each morning. Zach gave up getting up early because he doesn't like being up by himself. The other 3 kids started sleeping in too. It has been so relaxing.

But yesterday we went to the temple. We decided to leave by 7 am because it is a 2 hour drive. I woke the kids up at 6:15. None of them complained (which I was expecting) but they did ask questions like, "Can I bring my pillow and blanket so I can go back to sleep in the car?" and "Will it still be in the middle of the night when we get to the temple?"

What a difference from 2 weeks ago! Tomorrow morning should be fun...first day back to school. I wish we could go back to sleeping in over the summer but it is light out at 5 am so that probably won't happen unless I buy them dark shades for their windows.