Recovering still...

So I thought today would be mostly relaxing and recovering. Not quite. The kids both got up at 7:15, which is a little sleeping in for Moose and not sleeping in for Monkey. We went to church and ultimately Monkey was happy, but high maintenance and slightly goofy. Moose was a bit wild and not listening or being very obedient. Ultimately they ended up going home early, while I stayed to take care of other responsibilities. The hubs didn't really want to take them home (although I think in the end it was a good thing.) but he offered it as a consequence and then had to follow through when Moose very deliberately did not listen. They ended up going to bed at 11:30 (if they had stayed they wouldn't have gotten to bed until probably 1ish.) They were so tired still. We got them down just shortly after 7 tonight. Hopefully tomorrow can be slightly normal.

I feel like there have been dozens of funny/sweet moments that I've been meaning to blog but by the time I buckle down at night to write lately, they're completely gone. Perhaps as the days slow down this week (fingers crossed) I will be able to remember them more.

Right now I'm just looking forward to my nightly relax and cool down. And for getting my next book at the library tomorrow. Moose will be turning in his reading sheet for the Library's reading program. He got his first 5 hours finished, and has earned a prize. He wants candy. Big surprise. I just hope they have some left. As of last Tuesday they had raisinets.

It is so much fun to do fun things with your kids, but the repercussions of throwing their sleep and daily schedules off, for me, is often very borderline being worth it. When they were smaller, it was never worth it, and so we often didn't do things late, or very early because it was way too much work. We liked that our kids slept well and we worked really hard to keep them on that routine. As Moose has gotten older it's been more tempting to bend the bedtimes more often, but he can still only handle it once every blue moon, or it completely throws our family out of sync. It makes us not a whole lot of fun for family gatherings/late night fun, but for me it's much more worth having kids who sleep well, don't wake up in the middle of the night, aren't cranky during the day, take their naps, etc. The more regular we keep our schedule and sleeping routine, the better they do. Our kids are extreme creatures of habit, like the hubs, but we kinda like it that way.