We're having a challenging Sunday of incredibly whingy, cranky kids. Sebastian was up this morning at… um… 6:15 AM. Crawled into Tess and my bed to stay warm, (it's actually not that cold though) played with some toys for a while then finally dashed off to orchestrate a real-time Star Wars or Batman adventure elsewhere in the flat. Jasper followed a few minutes later without the pit-stop in our bed. Unfortunately they were making too much noise, which woke Carys. It didn't take much to wake Sela. Now the kids have been "on edge" the first half of the day. The kids share a bedroom. Definitely saves space but costs them sleep.
Our lease comes up in March. Despite the economic meltdown we're expecting at least a 50% increase in rent. This has caused us to contemplate moving. The advantage to this would be finding a four bedroom flat (it would have to be smaller) allowing us to split the kids into two bedrooms in hopes they would get more sleep.
Right now it is 1:30 PM… Tess is about to hold her annual building bake exchange at 3 PM – adult girls only – so I'll be heading out with the kids. Prior to this happening Sebastian has to finish his homework. Homework today included some colouring, writing about his favourite school activities of the past term and later today some reading. But tonight is definitely an "early to bed" night.
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3 Replies to “Another normal Sunday?”
Charles -I always like reading your blogs …it always interesting and something new …Your kids are adorable too …
Cheers
-Krithi
All power to you, Chuck! Hope the second half of the day was a little less painful. I will bet the Cookie Exchange will be another whopping success.
Hugs to all,
M xox
The good news: the kids are still young enough they can sleep in one room, they can still fit into your bed with you, and they will go to bed early if you tell them that is the agenda.
The bad news: that will all change very soon, and you still have to make it through each cranky day.
Hang in there bro’ and enjoy!