Over the last six months or so, Andy and I have had a visitor in our bedroom almost every night. He visits three or four times a night, waking us up, clobbering us with his knees and elbows, and generally preventing all of us from getting a good night’s sleep.
His name is Sam and it’s a good thing he’s cute.
We didn’t go through this with Kate, so this is new territory for me. (Not completely new, actually – I now realize why my parents had a king-sized bed. Sorry about that, Dad.) Anyway, I don’t know what to do about this visitor.
I have really mixed thoughts and emotions about it, because part of me wants to let him crawl in bed with us whenever he needs comfort.
The other part of me just wants to get some damn sleep already.
Sometimes we let him in bed with us and take him back to his room when he falls asleep (rinse and repeat three or four times each night), sometimes we let him in bed with us and we all manage to stay asleep the rest of the night. Sometimes we send him straight back to his room. Sometimes we put him on the chaise lounge in our room and let him sleep there.
None of these feel like the right thing to do, though, but I’m not sure how to handle this.
Help me out, please! Have you had late-night visitors as well? If so, how did you handle it?
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We had friends over on St. Patrick’s Day, and I wanted to make things a fun for all the kids we had running around. Fortunately, Pinterest had tons of St. Patrick’s Day ideas and I was able to put a few of them into action.
My favorite was the rainbow cupcakes I made.
The original idea came from The Girl Who Ate Everything (I love this blog, btw). She’s got complete directions on her blog, but basically you take a white cake mix, divide it up, put food coloring in, and layer the colors in cupcake pans. It is super easy and turned out better than I expected! (I generally anticipate failure in cooking endeavors.)
Blurry picture, but aren’t they cute?
Here’s the inside – Sam licked off all the icing.
I thought they turned out really well, and kids and adults all liked them. (Possibly because I made Bailey’s buttercream for the adult version.)
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The next weekend, we drove back to St. Louis for Andy’s grandfather’s funeral (and a quick trip to the pediatric emergency room thrown in for fun). Then I had the bright idea to drive myself insane try to make Lightsabers out of pretzels for Sam’s class.
The finished product!
Then we had a joint birthday party for both kids with our entire families, which was quickly followed by Kate’s birthday celebration at school, her actual birthday, and her skating party.
It was nuts and I about drove myself insane. (Shocker, right?)
But this April, I am determined to keep things simple. Determined.
So here’s my plan.
Sam’s birthday is on Monday April 2. Andy and Kate happen to be on spring break that week, which is good because Sam is convinced he is not going to school on his birthday. So either the three of them will spend the day together, or I’ll take the day off and we’ll all do something. Something simple, like going to the park. That evening we’ll have dinner of his choosing, cake, ice cream and presents.
Then, we’ll take a break in the madness until Kate’s birthday, which is Sunday, April 22. We’ll take a treat to school the Friday before and then on her birthday she’ll have her party at the skating rink, and she’s already decided that she wants to go to Frisch’s for dinner (and that I have to let her have all the chili spaghetti that she wants). Cake, ice cream and presents at our house.
The end.
Oh, it’s the end except that the week after that is Kate’s First Communion, which I am also determined to keep simple. I’m thinking church followed by brunch at a new cafe in our town.
Note that none of this involves getting our house clean. I am no dummy.
So, as I stare April down, that is my plan. My only fear is that I will be so focused on keeping everything simple that I will drive myself crazy with that. I may or may not already have a Google doc entitled “How to keep April simple.” There’s something counterproductive about that, I think.
What do you think? Can I do it? Can I survive April without letting things spin out of control?
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