Sleep? . . . . . . . What is that?

There must be something weird in the air in my house because for the past week, or two, maybe even longer my kids just think they need to wake up all night long and come and get in mommy and daddy's bed, and despite the fact that they are continually carried back to their own beds, they keep coming back. What is that all about? Charly's not so bad, but has been coming in at least once a night saying she had a bad dream, we let her cuddle for a while and take her back to bed when Mason shows up or when Porter starts squealing. What is the trick? How on earth do we get our kids to stay asleep, IN THEIR OWN BEDS all night? Porter gets in this habit of waking up anywhere between one and three and thinking he needs to crawl around and play, and this lasts up to an hour or more. It is just oh so annoying, and I am quite tired, quite easily irritated, and not as happy as I could be - don't they understand - to have a happy mom, let mom sleep!!!!!! Mason has never been interested in being in mom and dad's bed, and all of a sudden, here he is showing up several times a night. I try to be patient with it all and think, they are only little for a while, let them cuddle, let them have this, but yet, I AM TIRED - can't we bargain and like give me two nights of full sleep, then they can have two nights of waking us up all night, and so on? Probably not, huh? Darn kids.

Yesterday was the Primary Program, I am a primary teacher so I was sitting with my class and did not get to see my little Charly girl, but I was such a cry baby. The first song the kids sang was I am a Child of God, holy crap, the music started, my tears started, and I was like, come on, Heather, get a grip - then the sweet, little, powerful voices blared out the words (In a good blaring way - it was powerful, and very spirit inviting). Yeah - I pretty much lost it. Dang those primary songs!! It was great - the kids are so sweet and innocent, and hearing them sing of the Savior was wonderful - everytime I thought I had pulled myself together, they were singing a new song. It was great to feel the spirit through these sweet children's voices.