Like Puppies

My next door neighbor is the mother of four children, and she is a pediatrician.  To me, this puts her in the category of being wise with little ones.  Once, when chit chatting in the front yard, she made the comment that young children sleep like puppies.  Those words stuck with me because it is so true.

Before crawling into my own bed Monday evening, I heard cries from upstairs.  I found this little one wide awake and terribly frustrated.  She was in bed with Mary Frances and Stephen yet I think she felt like the little one in Roll Over. Stephen was using her as a pillow.  While she loves the idea of sleeping with her siblings, I think she prefers to sleep alone.  As I covered her in her own bed she sighed as if to say, "I've got it all to myself".



I didn't snap a picture of the before, because I just wanted everyone to go back to sleep.  I did, however, run back downstairs to grab my camera to remember how my children love to sleep.

Together!



On the floor!