I am outnumbered. I told Brian today that I am scared they are going to take over soon. Each day I feel a little more overwhelmed. Last night Grant was up with an accident so I changed sheets, pjs, and got him settled. Grant cries in the night when he is awake so in all the commotion Jack woke up so I got him back to bed as well. I fell back asleep and about ten minutes later Jack was tapping me on the shoulder because he was scared so we got he sleeping bag out from under our bed and he slept on our floor (we have learned this works better than sleeping with us or trying to convince him to go back to his room). I fell back asleep again for a few minutes and Will woke up wanting to eat. After all of this it was about 3:15 am and at 5am Grant climbed into bed with us, Brian got up to go to work, Jack joined Grant and I and then Will woke up to eat at 6am. I opted to not break down in tears but I really wanted to. It is nights like this that I remind myself this is just a phase and in the blink of an eye they will be off to college.
Grant is also giving up his naps. I am devastated to say the least. I can't even tell you the last time that I had a nap and I don't think I will get one this weekend either. It is such a fight to attempt to get Grant to nap that it ruins our time together and that is not worth it. So we don't nap. Will is taking about a 3 hour nap each day though which is great for him.
I go back to work next week and Jack is happy. He told me at least now it will be "fair" since he has to go to school during the day. It is funny also because daily he drills me about what Grant and I did while he was at school to make sure we did not do anything to fun with out him. I will do another post about returning to work.
Yesterday I caught Grant in the garage and he had drug a stool from the kitchen and was standing on it getting ready to press the garage door opener and head outside. I also found him playing with a knife. I have now moved all the knives up very high in a cabinet so if you come to our house don't plan on cutting anything unless you want to climb on a stool yourself and get it.
Grant is loving the song "If your happy and you know it". I sing it for everything now. So don't laugh if you hear a very off tune singing in Target or the grocery store. It is just me singing...If you happy and you know it sit in the seat or if your happy and you know it hold your mommy's hand." It really works and he responds so well to it so I sing a lot. A LOT!!
Dear Jack, Grant, and Will,
Please sleep through the night and I love you more than you ever know.
Love,
Mommy
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