It's just that kind of night

Just finished getting the girls down to bed. Phew they wore me out tonight. I knew we were in for trouble when Tom picked me up at work and they were all asleep in the car. One thing you should know about my girls; as hard as they are to get asleep... is as hard as it is to get them awake after they have gone to sleep. I remember once I had Abby standing straight up and she was still sleeping.

There just isn't much you can do to get them to stay awake. Their eyes roll back in their head and they are OUT.

So we did bedtime a little later tonight. When we made it home the girls were all crying and weepy. Nothing I did seemed to help. I was stressed out, needed to use the bathroom and they were all hanging on me. So I tactfully shut and locked the door... and then stayed in there. They were all crying by the door, little fingers peeking under the doorframe. I told them I wasn't coming out until they all stopped crying.

It actually worked.

So then we had supper, watched a cartoon, I gave them baths and we colored. I forced... yes forced Kara and Kiley to read a book. Not sure who was more upset by the time we finished that. I miss having a kid that actually WANTED to sit and read a book. Abby continued to color. Wow she has really gotten better. I'll take a few pictures of her drawings in the next post where I can feature her artwork. :o)

Baby is giving me crazy heartburn lately with his head pressed so hard against my stomach. Time to get some sleep!