I could not get Lance to sleep last night! I had hustled and bustled around so much yesterday that before I knew it he had taken a four-hour nap. Eek! Greg was so tired and needed to be to work early today, so he went to sleep before me and Lance. I thought I would follow shortly, but when it neared midnight, I had about had it! I didn't want Lance to cry and wake up Greg, so I tried laying next to him quietly. Lance stayed quiet himself, but he just kept rolling around or flopping his arms and legs or climbing on top of me. By one a.m. I was exhausted when Lance finally settled down. It was amazingly frustrating. I sat there thinking, Do normal people have night's like this? Or am I just a total freak? I'll admit, I was pretty upset inside.
At around five a.m., Greg woke me up. I was so bleary-eyed and sleepy that I barely understood what he was telling me. It sounded like he was saying that Austin was out watching T.V. in the family room. I rubbed my eyes and looked toward the hall. Sure enough, I could see light coming down it. "I'm too tired to go check," I told Greg as I flopped my head back down on my pillow. But two seconds later, I felt myself climbing out of bed. I seriously have night-time super powers. I'm never truly too tired. And my kids seem to take full advantage of that.
I tiptoed ever so quietly past Lance's room and out to the family room. And to my great surprise, Austin AND Owen were sitting out on the couch watching a movie and eating snacks. (Owen was eating Chex Mix which sounded so disgusting to me at five in the morning!)
"What is going on out here?" I quietly shouted, just enough so they could see I was upset, but not enough to wake anyone else. This party was too big already. Austin finally admitted that Owen had only come down a few minutes before, but that he had come down at three something. THREE SOMETHING!?!?! I was having a hard time staying quiet! And by looking at the movie he was watching, which was almost over, I knew he wasn't kidding.
We've had a few problems with Austin coming down way too early in the morning, but this one takes the cake. I stared at the boys and decided right there on the spot that I was going back to bed and leaving them there. If I sent them back upstairs, chances are they would come right back down. I just couldn't deal with it. So back to bed I went. And when I heard Greg get up early to go to work, I dreamt that he came over and kissed me goodbye. He later confirmed that he didn't kiss me, but it was a sweet dream anyway.
By the time I was up and getting the boys ready for school, Austin could hardly keep his eyes open. I sent him to bed with his school clothes on and he fell right asleep for an hour. Then I got him up and took him late to school. Hopefully he's learned a major lesson! It still feels strange that my child could be up and about in the night and I would have no idea!
Well, needless to say, I felt cranky when I woke up. But even though I could've killed for a nap, I made it through the busy day with flying colors. Tonight was our Young Women New Beginnings. I spent the morning at the church decorating with the other leaders. We strung up the big lights Greg had recently bought from Costco. They looked so pretty crisscrossing the top of the gym. The new theme for 2017 is taken from James 1:5: If any of ye lack wisdom, let him ask of God... So we decided to make our theme for the night, Find Your Own Sacred Grove. We wanted the girls to find a place in their life and heart where they felt comfortable to pray to God and to ask when they need answers. Going with the sacred grove theme, we brought in 12 huge live pine trees that Maren's landscaper husband picked up from the nursery for us. We also had the most awesome fake campfire all lit up, camp chairs, a tent and a bunch of lanterns. It was so beautiful. For our musical number, we had a guy in our ward come and play the guitar while two girls sang the new theme song around the campfire. We had S'mores on a stick to dip in a chocolate fountain for refreshments. The atmosphere and ambience were amazing, but even better was the spirit we all felt. It really wasn't that difficult to decorate, but the way it highlighted the Young Women program for the incoming beehives and their parents was beautiful to behold. Everyone seemed to really enjoy the special evening.
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| Here's Owen, warming himself by the campfire. :) |
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| All ready for a beautiful evening! |
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