Last night we played a lovely game of musical beds. You know, the dance where you, your spouse & your children all rotate beds during the night?
At around 1a Sam came into our room, I don’t remember what she was crying about but I do recall being so tired that I made the foolish decision to pull her into our bed. After about the third time she rolled over & smacked me upside the face I decided to get up and stumbled into her room in hopes of salvaging a good night’s sleep. Around 3a Soph woke up crying. Which she never does, & I’m now fearful a grimy childhood virus is lurking. P & I quite literally ran into eachother in the hallway & I gave him the nod of “I got this, you’re welcome.” Did I mention he has strep? Yep, strep. Might as well stick a fork in him. I did the whole dance of patting her, slowly lifting my hand off her back one finger at a time & then slinking out of the room in ultra stealth mode. Each time that little head popped right up as I was making it out of the door & the wails returned. Once I even tried crawling out. ON MY HANDS & KNEES PEOPLE. Oh if only we had video cameras to capture this stuff. At some point I brought her to bed with me, Sam’s twin bed that is. This was around 4ish. At 6:30 I heard Sam at Sophie’s side of the bed, “WHAT are you guys doing in MY BED?! I want to play Barbies, you have to get out. NOW.” Turning four has given her a new false sense of authority, we’re gonna have to work at that. Goodness knows we tried but at this point everyone was up & the only logical thing to do was start brewing coffee. I tell you all of this because I had so many lovely ideas for the blog this week but my fatigue has left me to resort to cheap humor for web hits.
My friend Kelly texted me this at just the right time. Perhaps I have a tacky sense of humor but this totally turned my day around. My ass didn’t quite fall off but it certainly came close. P required an explanation of that last line…LMFAO, get it? I’m hoping you got it & the bacteria is just slowing his brain down.
I have a feeling you’re snickering right now too. Go ahead, it’s funny people.
Have a great weekend my friend, I’ll meet you back here Sunday night. I’m hoping this next week on the blog I’ll have a ‘light’ chicken marsala recipe, a new Pinbusters video (DIY Beach Waves Spray anyone?) some more decorating makeovers & maybe, if I’m feeling brave, I’ll delve into my two cents on the whole chick-fil-a controversy. Nugget addiction vs. Ethics, c’mon now.
Oh & I totally got all your comments requesting more info on my at home gel manis after the DIY Chevron Mani post, ask & ye shall receive! Next time I do my nails I’ll video it & give you all the dirt, probably end of next week.
PS- I just had to take some quick photo booth snapshots of the green snot monster on my lap. She’s “doing my hair” while I type & just got a big blob of boogers on me. She’s lucky she’s cute.
I totally crawl out of the room all the time!! My creaky ankles sometimes blow my cover dangit!
I raised three kids as a single mom. I did this for YEARS!!!
Wow, major kudos. I can’t even BEGIN to imagine what that must be like! Total respect for you my friend, TOTAL!!
Oh kuddos to you for your girls sleeping in their own beds most of the time. My two youngest kids stil try and creep into our bed EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. I cannot remember the last time my husband and I had a full nights sleep, with just the two of us–alone. (And it is SO totally his fault.)
Hope you catch up on some sleep tonight and I hope everyone feels better!
Bribery…that’s how we got her out. And for some reason Soph has never had any interest in sleeping in our bed, even when she’s sick. She’s such a little weirdo. (And of course I say that with the utmost affection)
I have SO crawled out of the nursery before in stealth mode…even hidden behind the end of the crib on the opposite side from the door for a little while, knowing he’ll look towards the door.
Can’t wait for the gel polish tute. Hope everyone feels better soon!
Yes! Sometimes I crouch down by the crib and make myself count to 60 twice before I allow myself to start to move. I’m so glad I’m not the only one!
so sorry you had such a bad night!
go ahead and say what you want about chickfilet thing since everyone is entitled to free speech in this country, INCLUDING the CEO of chick-filet. The idea of a government official telling someone they do not agree with that they cannot do business in their town is facist and scary as hell in a country where we should all celebrate the freedom to have an opinion and be able to say it. (BTW – Obama had the same opinion 6 months ago prior to his latest campaign and no one called him hateful). There! I’ve now indulged in my first amendment!
First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference.
It’s so funny, I was reading this comment and was thinking to myself, “Wow, I sure struck a nerve with someone!” And then I realized it was my Mom.
I, too, have attempted the crawling escape. It’s worked a few times, but not as many times as it’s failed.
it’s sad (although comical in hindsight) what we resort to isn’t it?
OMG! It almost sounds like we live in the same house! Rough night for me too, my little guy had trouble sleeping, which means we all have trouble!! Love the chevron nails..my problem is finding time to do a mani/pedi…but still cant’t wait for the tutorials next week! Haven’t heard about the bunnies in a while?? Any news? Have a good weekend!
Oh that’s right! I forgot about the buns!! I’ll update…
That picture made me LOL for real!! Loved it.
Looking forward to next week’s posts. Hope your weekend is great and you get some down time.
Thanks! You too! (btw, do people call you Sam or Samantha?…just curious)
I used to count to 100, do the slow down pats, lift finger by finger, and crawl out of the room. Never worked! These kids have super hearing (which inevitably goes away around age 2 I’ve discovered).
Ha! that’s very very true
I am at the beach with my family (that is…me, my husband, and two boys two and under. My brother, his very pregnant wife, their 2 year old son and my parents) and I just read them this post and we were ALL laughing our faces off. I can totally relate…you can only laugh because being a Mom is seriously so exhausting. Thanks for sharing!
LOl, you’re very welcome, enjoy the vacation, I’m so jealous!
OMG…your house is just how ours was a few weeks back…green snot monsters and all…lol! Many happy naps i’m sending your way from Australia…
My when Bed Monster creeps in with us (every damn night) she sleeps on our pillows with her head on daddy’s head and her feet under my pillow, or IN MY FACE. Just last night (or rather, this morning!) I took a toenail to the cheek. You can’t see it, but it’s been more than 12 hours, and it still stings :-/
Sorry about the Snot Monster & the Strep Daddy 🙁
Uggh! I have to admit though, the thought of someone asking what happened to your face and you having to you took a ‘toenail to the face’ is pretty darn comical.
Hillarious!
You had me laughing with crawling on the floor. There was a period of time with my twins that I would pat their backs (not always both) until I could sneak out crawling on the floor… and yes they always know as soon as you hit the door.
🙂