We have decided to add an eleventh commandment in our family...Thanks to Andrew. He has given up naps for at least a year, but once in a while he will sneak one in. Friday afternoon he fell asleep on the way home from picking Brandon up- I could not wake him up to save my life. Believe me I tried, I know what the coming hours will hold. This is what the evening hours looked like:
7:00p.m.- Boys in bed, reading stories
7:30 p.m.- Music on- goodnights said
7:45 p.m.- Mom sitting by Andrew's bed trying to get him to close his eyes, other two long gone
8:00 p.m.- Mom finally says, "Andrew I need to go take care of some things, I'll be back up to check on you in a minute."
8:05 p.m.- Footsteps on stairs... "Hi guys" Andrew says as he peeks his head sheepishly around the corner.
8:10 p.m.- "Let's go to bed Andrew"- up the stairs we head. Sit by the bed for another twenty minutes. His eyes are starting to close, so I leave.
9:00 p.m. I head up to our room to read, watch TV, etc... Go into the boys room ( yes they all want to sleep in the same room) Kiss Brandon, kiss Matthew, look in Andrew's bed.... wait no Andrew! I find Andrew in the Lego Room ( his old room) happily playing. He must have been in there for the last 45 minutes!
9:05 p.m.- Start the whole bed process over with- eyes shutting, I leave.....
9:20 p.m.- More footsteps.... little face appears in our bedroom doorway.... "Hi guys, what are we watching", he says as he climbs in between Brian and I in bed. We laugh, play and decide to have some fun with him.
10:15 p.m. Andrew finally falls asleep between Brian and I- his favorite place to be.
Moral of the story: Thou shalt not nap Andrew
2 comments:
How cute Andrew is! How could you resist that? I like that commandment though; makes bedtime much easier for parents :)
I love this post...you have the cutest boy there!
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