For the first time, Monday morning, Lillian slept late. Alan and I don't set alarm clocks because for the past 5 years we have had small children that rarely sleep past 5:30, let alone all the way to 6am. Monday was the day we had looked forward to for years. On Monday morning Lillian slept.
A phone reminder woke us at 6:45 - time to put on shoes! Our 3 year old and 5 year old were still sleeping soundly in their beds. We are shocked. After a shower, it's 7am and STILL children are sleeping. Alan goes to wake Simon, he's used to getting woken and just needs a minute in bed to adjust and is up and getting dressed. Lillian is different. She never gets woken up. She refuses to get out of bed. Finally, Alan gets her out. She runs from the room yelling no... straight into Simons bed and curls back up to go back to sleep. After much cajoling and promises of naps and early bedtimes, she is finally dressed.
I guess being up in the middle of the night for a couple hours the past couple nights really has made her tired. Don't worry, early to bed for that girl tonight. But now we know... it's possible. One glorious day, maybe in the not too distant future, we might all sleep until 7am. On a weekend. What will we even do with all that sleep?
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