Today I Am Grateful for Family
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
This morning, I am most grateful that we are making progress on getting our children back to their regular sleeping routine. While our company was in town, we were putting our kids to bed all around the same time (huge mistake for us) and our kids have been waking prior to 6AM ever since (when formerly, they slept until 8AM). Yikes!
We kept them up a bit later last night and this morning they both slept until 6:30AM. It's progress. And last night, I had the foresight to set the kitchen table with 2 bowls of cereal (no milk of course) and a banana each, and an insulated cup with OJ, so they could easily go help themselves to breakfast without waking us up.
Hooray!!! I actually slept until 9AM this morning and I'm starting to feel like my old self again!
And when Sydney did come into my room to wake me up (I think they just couldn't wait any longer), this was her recount of the movie she was watching in the basement:
"Mommy!!!! Good morning!"
(me) "Good morning Sydney-pie."
"We were watching the Ariel movie."
(me) "The Little Mermaid."
"Yes! And there was a song."
(me) "Part of your world?"
"Yes! And then he was calling the dog, 'Max! Max!'" (giggle) "And there was a witch."
(me) "Ursula, the Sea Witch."
"Yes! I do not love that girl. She is not my friend."
(me) "She is not very nice. What else happened?"
"The witch said 'she is mine' and then I really didn't get what was happening in the movie." (serious look) "But there was lightning and it was scary. And whenever there is lighting, you just pull and pull and pull something and then it's OK."
(me) "Sounds like a good movie."
"Yeah, I like Yana too."
(me) "Yana? Who is Yana?"
(ENTER SALLY) "Mommy!!!!!"
(me) "Sally who is Yana?"
(Sally) "She is one of Ariel's sisters, the one with the very pointy hair and the red tail and the red..." (guestures toward her chest)
(me) "Sea shells."
(Sally, smiling) "Yeah, sea shells."
So there you have it folks, the story of The Little Mermaid as told by a 2-year old.
This morning, I am most grateful that we are making progress on getting our children back to their regular sleeping routine. While our company was in town, we were putting our kids to bed all around the same time (huge mistake for us) and our kids have been waking prior to 6AM ever since (when formerly, they slept until 8AM). Yikes!
We kept them up a bit later last night and this morning they both slept until 6:30AM. It's progress. And last night, I had the foresight to set the kitchen table with 2 bowls of cereal (no milk of course) and a banana each, and an insulated cup with OJ, so they could easily go help themselves to breakfast without waking us up.
Hooray!!! I actually slept until 9AM this morning and I'm starting to feel like my old self again!
And when Sydney did come into my room to wake me up (I think they just couldn't wait any longer), this was her recount of the movie she was watching in the basement:
"Mommy!!!! Good morning!"
(me) "Good morning Sydney-pie."
"We were watching the Ariel movie."
(me) "The Little Mermaid."
"Yes! And there was a song."
(me) "Part of your world?"
"Yes! And then he was calling the dog, 'Max! Max!'" (giggle) "And there was a witch."
(me) "Ursula, the Sea Witch."
"Yes! I do not love that girl. She is not my friend."
(me) "She is not very nice. What else happened?"
"The witch said 'she is mine' and then I really didn't get what was happening in the movie." (serious look) "But there was lightning and it was scary. And whenever there is lighting, you just pull and pull and pull something and then it's OK."
(me) "Sounds like a good movie."
"Yeah, I like Yana too."
(me) "Yana? Who is Yana?"
(ENTER SALLY) "Mommy!!!!!"
(me) "Sally who is Yana?"
(Sally) "She is one of Ariel's sisters, the one with the very pointy hair and the red tail and the red..." (guestures toward her chest)
(me) "Sea shells."
(Sally, smiling) "Yeah, sea shells."
So there you have it folks, the story of The Little Mermaid as told by a 2-year old.
posted by Amy Scott Grant @ 8:57 AM
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