This is what I awaken to this morning. Will (now 20 months old) sits up next to me in bed. {We co-sleep. Yes, all of us, in our Queen size bed. Don't ask me how we'll fit when the new one gets here.} He is squinty, bed-headed, and has a small smile on his baby lips. He says it again in his croaky, just-woke-up little voice, "chocolate bunnies." It's a wonderful way to be woken up, and it's not uncommon at all around here.
Will often wakes up with food on his mind. The first word he utters upon waking is usually some sort of yummy treat: "banana," "pancakes," "smoothie," "cake!" I have wondered if perhaps he doesn't get enough to eat, to always awaken talking about food, or if he just happens to dream a lot about eating. It's true that Will eats with gusto--digging in *while* saying "Amen!", asking for more with his mouth full, cheeks bursting, eating all of one item before moving onto the next... He climbs up into his chair at the table if he spots me even near the kitchen. In true brotherly fashion, he will do the 'old switcheroo' with Ben's plate during a meal to sneak whatever morsel Ben has overlooked. He's also figured out how to move the chairs over to the counter where I am preparing a meal. He climbs up and 'helps' with the food prep by tasting every ingredient.
I guess he is just a Food Lover. And who can blame him, really? Our happiest times are when we are all together around the family dining table. Praying, laughing, nourishing our bodies, sharing conversation and stories about our day... And for such a short person to be able to be at eye-level with his family? That's got to feel pretty good.
We do love our sleep around here. Naps are necessary and always encouraged, if not enforced. :) Both Mark and I love to indulge in 'putting the boys down' for naps or nighttime as a way to sneak in a snooze. And the boys are usually pretty cooperative. They, like us, enjoy the snuggling and drifting off to sleep. It's the waking up that can be grizzly. Waking up is never fun when you *like* to sleep. Unless you can help yourself make the transition--perhaps focusing your thoughts on your plans for the day, saying a quick prayer, doing stretches, or maybe by thinking of something that is just as lovely as being in your warm bed... "Chocolate bunnies"--that oughta do it.
Will often wakes up with food on his mind. The first word he utters upon waking is usually some sort of yummy treat: "banana," "pancakes," "smoothie," "cake!" I have wondered if perhaps he doesn't get enough to eat, to always awaken talking about food, or if he just happens to dream a lot about eating. It's true that Will eats with gusto--digging in *while* saying "Amen!", asking for more with his mouth full, cheeks bursting, eating all of one item before moving onto the next... He climbs up into his chair at the table if he spots me even near the kitchen. In true brotherly fashion, he will do the 'old switcheroo' with Ben's plate during a meal to sneak whatever morsel Ben has overlooked. He's also figured out how to move the chairs over to the counter where I am preparing a meal. He climbs up and 'helps' with the food prep by tasting every ingredient.
I guess he is just a Food Lover. And who can blame him, really? Our happiest times are when we are all together around the family dining table. Praying, laughing, nourishing our bodies, sharing conversation and stories about our day... And for such a short person to be able to be at eye-level with his family? That's got to feel pretty good.
We do love our sleep around here. Naps are necessary and always encouraged, if not enforced. :) Both Mark and I love to indulge in 'putting the boys down' for naps or nighttime as a way to sneak in a snooze. And the boys are usually pretty cooperative. They, like us, enjoy the snuggling and drifting off to sleep. It's the waking up that can be grizzly. Waking up is never fun when you *like* to sleep. Unless you can help yourself make the transition--perhaps focusing your thoughts on your plans for the day, saying a quick prayer, doing stretches, or maybe by thinking of something that is just as lovely as being in your warm bed... "Chocolate bunnies"--that oughta do it.
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You always could sleep with the best of them....oh wait, that doesn't sound quite right, now does it??? :)
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