Maybe I should change the title

I never thought I would be writing about sleep so much. We take it for granted. A friend of mine wrote a great blog article about how beds are God's gift to humanity. I kind of miss sleep, but these early, early mornings seem to be the only time I can get anything done, so maybe that's a gift from God too.

I know Amber wanted to tell the following story in her blog, but I can't wait any longer. Maybe if she also tells the story we can link so you compare our views.

We just got back from our trip across the prairies with 2 toddlers under 3 years old (Tip: buy a portable DVD player and bring all your Veggie Tales movies). We left Wednesday around 6:30 and drove straight for about 3 hours before we stopped at a motel in Medicine Hat for the night. We let the boys jump on the bed and watch a little Treehouse TV to calm down, but they had slept a good portion of the way there and they weren't tired.

We put Josh in a playpen and Daniel on his little sleeping bag/mattress and turned out the lights around 10:30. Motel curtains block out way more light than miniblinds so it wasn't long before Daniel found his way to my side of the bed and said, "Daddy, I'm scared of the dark."

"What are you scared of sweetie?"

"Just the dark"

"Okay, come sleep with Daddy for a while."

About 10 minutes later, his eyes had adjusted a little and I said "It's not so dark anymore is it? You can see the TV and the bathroom door and your bed."

"I'm not scared of the dark anymore!"

This should have been the end of it, but some time later Josh is still rolling around in the playpen and Daniel is trying to get comfortable and I can't fall asleep. I turn to Amber and whisper, "I'm hungry".

This sets off a chain reaction and we end up calling 2 pizza places to find someone who will deliver to our hotel at 11:00pm. We get the boys up and turn the lights on and we have a midnight picnic watching cartoons.

It's about 12:30 by the time we finally get back to bed. I turn on the bathroom light and leave the door open a little so it's not so dark. I think this is the latest the boys have ever been up but I'm sure this was an anomaly and they will definitely sleep better while we're on vacation. Or not.