Bed bugs

I put the little ones to bed in their own twin beds last night, but decided that I'd transfer them into mine when I finally decided to shut down. Chad was out of town and it'd been a long time since either one of them had slept in our bed. It seemed like a good idea to give it a shot.

Caroline did great.

Jackson, on the other hand, tried to own every inch of our king sized bed with his 5-year-old limbs. He was everywhere! At one point in the night I awoke to Caroline crying. I was a bit confused because she was no longer right beside me, where she'd started out. Jackson was beside me and Caroline was crying from her bedroom. I went in to get her and asked her why she'd left. "Jackson was sleeping on me", was her answer.

I brought her back into the slumber party and we giggled at having to move Jackson over so we could fit back in.

It was nice having my babies close while they slept. They've both grown so much and it's happened so fast. They really are little for only a little while.

This morning we decided to stay in bed as long as we could. We read some books and I agreed to let the children jump a little if they'd let me take their pictures. With the arrangement in place, we jumped on the bed. Normally a no, no but I'm the mom so I get to change the rules whenever I like. Mwahahahaha!

It felt great just enjoying the kids. I get caught up too often on things that don't really matter. My family matters and I'm going to try harder to focus on them. It sure felt nice to give them my full attention this morning. I think they liked it too.