Kiersten’s Blog

As you know, I woke up to this this morning.  Waking up to rain wouldn’t have been nearly as bad if I didn’t have to wake up so early.  I don’t even know what time it was.  All I know that it was too early, especially after the 4 a.m. episode London and I had this morning.  She told me (at 4 a.m.) after I had come into her room to say down with her to get her to go back to sleep, “Don’t go to your bed, Mom.  I need a sleeper in my bed.”  Don’t ask me why she couldn’t be the sleeper in her bed.  After that, I think both kids were up before 6:30.  Like I said, too early.  Anyway, because of the rain, we saw a mallard in a puddle in our driveway.  It’s funny how ducks always seem to find the strangest places to hang out.  We’re only a couple of miles from a lake, so I guess that’s where they come from.  It’s still weird.

Because of the lack of sleep, London was really tired today.  I don’t remember the last time she was this tired and willing to sleep.  She fell asleep while eating dinner!  I was making the other pizza while Taylor and London were eating.  When I sat down to eat, Taylor and I chatted for a bit before I realized that London was really quiet.  I thought she had just put her head down for a minute, but I noticed her eyes were closed and she was unresponsive.  So Taylor took her up to bed and we woke her up an hour and a half later.  Nice!

Later, after London’s nap, Taylor was cold, so we had our first fire in our fireplace.  I think the wood wasn’t totally dry because it didn’t want to burn at all.  It was kind of fun and cozy to have a fire for a few minutes, though.  Ashton liked it a little too much.  It was almost impossible to keep him away from that thing.  After the fire, London decided that she wanted to play games.  She and I played every game she owns, which included: Don’t Spill the Beans, Cootie, Princess Yahtzee, Chutes and Ladders, and Candyland.    I love lazy Sundays with my family.