Out Like A Light

Everyone except Bailey was functioning on very little sleep today. Thanks to Brandon and his severe growing pains, I finally made it to sleep at 4:10am this morning. Pre children I never thought that I could physically survive on 2 1/2hours sleep but I can. My husband and I spent the night rubbing Brandon's legs over and over again. That is the only thing that made him feel better enough to actually fall asleep. Unfortunately, 10 minutes later he was awake again screaming. I can't wait until he is his expected 6 foot 2 and he's at his maximum height so that he doesn't experience these pains anymore.

Almost comically, I was the last one to fall asleep yet I was the first one awake this morning. Truly don't understand that logic. At 4:10am this morning I was out like a light and very confident that I would sleep until 1 of 2 small children woke me up. Alas, it was just my body clock working on auto pilot. Once everyone else was up, my husband travelled way down south to do a quote for some people. Meanwhile the 2 boys and I hung out at home. I had planned to go to the local farmers markets but when a Ben 10 movie came on TV I didn't think that we would get there. I could have put my foot down but I was too tired to exert any authority. Instead I hung out washing and played with Bailey while Brandon watched Ben 10 and then the 3 of us did art and craft while watching Ben 10. My husband arrived home at lunch time and due to the fact we had no food in the house, the 4 of us all ventured up to the bakery and splurged on sausage rolls, pies and a vegetarian triangle. Delicious!

With our tummies now full, my husband and I weighed up the possibility of taking the 2 boys food shopping. We decided on dividing and conquering with me staying at home with the kids and playing/doing chores while my husband went food shopping. The afternoon just disappeared while Brandon, Bailey and myself played outside. Eventually we came in and did a heap of chores around the house, which the boys love doing and I pay them at the end. My husband arrived home with all the shopping, I unpacked it before then disappearing up to the petrol station to fill up on petrol so that I don't have to try and do it tomorrow morning in the kindergarten rush. I also took the DVD back to the movie shop and bought some chocolate. I sat in the car park of the shops for a few minutes enjoying the serenity and munching on a chocolate. Before I knew it I was back in crazy land. The boys were so incredibly crazy that I escorted them out to the trampoline and demanded that they jump off all their craziness. They listened because they crashed and bashed and wrestled all over each other. They didn't stop running and jumping for another 40 minutes and even then they begrudgingly came inside. I think that if I turned the flood lights on outside in the dark the kids would just keep on playing. I don't think at any stage they would stop.

However, after reading thousands of books to the boys and singing all sorts of nursery rhymes to Bailey, they did both finally go to sleep. They were both completely out like a light in record time. Sweet dreams boys. Sweet sleep to myself and my husband.