If You Give a Mom a Moment: 5:00 in the Afternoon

Thursday, May 22

5:00 in the Afternoon

Ethan had just had 4 shots, and Aidan was just plain tired.

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Emily Haney said...: That shouldn't have been so funny, but I was sitting here at the computer laughing out loud to myself!; May 22, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Adrienne said...: I was laughing as well. 5 o clock...did you ever get them to sleep at night?; May 22, 2008 at 11:44 AM
Deneal said...: Too cute. The question is when did they wake up after such an early bedtime? At least it made for a nice evening for you and Christian.; May 22, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Nathan and Annie Miller said...: I'm with Deneal, how was your morning after that?; May 22, 2008 at 3:02 PM
Desta said...: I totally understand. Zoe hasn't been feeling well and one morning she woke up at 6, took a nap from 7-9, another nap from 11-3, then at 6 made me put her down for yet another "nap" that lasted until 8 the next morning. I love sleepy kids!; May 22, 2008 at 3:17 PM
Erin said...: They woke up after an hour and a half, at 6:30, ate dinner, and then we put them back to bed at 8:30. They were awake for probably 1/2 hour, and then they slept until their usual time, about 6:40 AM. So it was a nice hour and a half for us to house shop on the internet!; May 22, 2008 at 4:07 PM

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