I am learning to make every day count. I am also learning to make everything benifit me.....somehow. I am selfish like that :o)
Last night we had a "game night" at Melissas house. It was mostly an opportunity to let the kids play while us girls talked. It was a school night so normally bedtime is 7:45, but we decided to make an exception last night because us girls wanted to just chill. So if I am going to let the kids stay up till 11 (which NEVER happens), what can I get out of it?
I went upstairs while the boys were playing and asked them if they wanted to go home now or keep playing.
"KEEP PLAYING KEEP PLAYING KEEP PLAYING"
Me: "OK I will make a deal with you. I will let you stay up VERY late tonight if you promise to go to bed an hour earlier tomorrow night WITHOUT complaining'
Boys: "I PROMISE I PROMISE I PROMISE I PROMISE"
So One night I get to just hang out with my wonderful family having fun and the NEXT night I get to send the boys to bed at 6:45.
I am getting SO good at this Mother thing!
(in all fairness to me the boys will need this extra sleep because they get REALLY grumpy otherwise.)
Go you! Since Nate went back to school, I put my boys to bed almost every night at 6:45. I recognize it's rather selfish of me but I do what I have to. :)
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