just a random morning post

*This was just going to be like two lines, like a glorified facebook status update, but I just kept writing.

this is one of my favorite prints (well, WORDS to remember, at any rate).  I want it above my desk.
Or in my bathroom.  Or above my dresser.  Somewhere I see it every day and remember!

Source: moneysavingmom.com via Sheryl on Pinterest

I finally got Hailey to start taking naps on her own!  That are longer than 20 minutes!  I got her down for two 2 hour naps, and then she slept 4 hours and 2 hours by herself at night.  

Which meant I was able to do some deep cleaning at the school.  And I have almost 4 weeks planned for the year.  Mostly bible lessons, because we are spending the most time on those (which is awesome), but I don't just want to read a lesson, I want the kids to get a good application and theme each week.  I think I'll "get in trouble" for spending SO much time on it, since I'm not getting paid to do this, but it is so fun for me!

So I stayed up until close to 11 working on that stuff and slept uninterrupted until 2.  When Hailey woke up and needed to be fed and changed.  Then an hour later she finally settled (She was sleeping the whole time, but not deep enough, so I was checking on her every few minutes to make sure she would stay asleep). 

Then Shea wakes up because he is scared of dragons in his closet.  Really, really, scared.  I go tuck him in and say a prayer with him and he hides under his covers as I leave.  He gets up 10 minutes later and I was ready to let him sleep in my bed so I didn't have to deal with him...but turns out, he wet the bed from fear.  I thought I wouldn't have to worry about this until he was out of diapers, but that kid peed A LOT.  So off we go to change his sheets and his clothes, and he seemed very merry and excited that he was not in bed.  He gets tucked back in a nice cozy bed, and again is scared, but he must've felt more secure, because he stayed in bed this time.

I found myself finally back in bed a little after 4.  Saying prayers for my dear son and what he might actually be seeing (I remember having an extremely vivid imagination as a child and scared of my room often.  Not to mention that we subject our small children to images that are probably much too real for them through different kinds of media).  Then Hailey woke up.  I gave up on sleep training that night and snuggled that girly in bed with me.  Which I really do love.  But I love sleeping on my stomach too and not having my hips throb from lying on one side all night and my arm asleep from her lying on it when I wake up, so that is why she is sleeping in her little crib now.

And my husband gave me coffee this morning as I stumbled out of bed.  And I had a piece of homemade blackberry coffee cake I baked yesterday.

So...its been a good morning, and hopefully I really do have the energy to go out and run all the errands I have put off every single day this week due to working on the school and mommy group things!  My sister and her boyfriend are coming over tomorrow for a visit, too, so that will be a wonderful end to my week!

Happy Friday, you working girls!!