I Needed a Nap!

Cooper and Lynnlee spent a couple of days with us.

I love having the kids here, and they seem to enjoy their time with us.  But these two days were exhausting for me.

Why?  Because Little Miss didn't want to go to sleep at night!

Cooper is never a problem.  I remember when he went to Wooster with us three years ago.  We were cleaning out Mom's house, which took us most of the summer to do, and his folks were going to a conference for a week.  He went with us to Wooster while they were gone.   He was just a little guy, only 3, not yet to his 4th birthday in August, and I was worried about how he would be without his folks in a strange place for a week.  My fears were unfounded, though.  He was great!  He traveled well.  He slept well.  He was fun to have around.  He helped when he could.  Plus we made time each day to do something fun - a meal at Farmer Boy, ice cream from Hartzlers, a trip to Buehlers where he could pick out treats, playing in the neighbor's yard on their swings. 

But Lynnlee?  She likes me.  I am happy that one of the five grandkiddos really like me (usually they prefer Papaw).  But she  wants to be with me ALL the time, is glued to my side, wants to help, and thinks that my phone is her property and she can listen to 'Baby Shark' constantly.

She didn't want to go to sleep at night.  Saturday night it was 11:30 before her eyes closed and on Sunday?  After midnight before she finally gave up.  Plus sleeping with her is like being with an octopus---all arms and legs, everywhere.  Sunday afternoon she did nap with Papaw for an hour or so, but there was no nap on Monday.

Despite the lack of sleep, there were some fun highlights.

• Swinging on Grandpa Norm's swing by the fire ring
• Playing in the ga-zee-bo
• Eating oreo blizzards from DQ
• Lynnlee pulling the Paw Patrol couch up the stairs from the family room so she could sit on it to watch a movie on the living room tv
• Lynnlee requesting a bath----all the time  (she took two baths and had one shower in 2.5 days)
• Cooper's excitement that Major League ball games were on tv
• Making pitcher after pitcher of lemonade
• Playing with bubbles
• Lots of hugs
• Listening to Lynnlee repeat everything we said and understanding more of what SHE said
• More hugs
• Lots of laughter
  
• Playing in the Water Wiggle
  
• Watching Cooper be SO excited that his cousins were here to play with 

But after they left, and the house was quiet, it was Naptime for Mamaw---and it felt SO good!  Even though there were no sheets on the bed.  Even though there were no pillowcases on the pillows.  There was a bed.  There were pillows.  I had Great-Grandma's quilt.  And some quiet time.

Ahhh...sleep!

Re-energized now and ready to do it all again!