SPRING BREAK FALL OUT

The return to school after Spring Break is very similar to the first week of school or the week back after Christmas Break. The kids are exhausted, grumpy and just plain emotional. For this reason, we make these weeks a priority to get the kids to bed at a decent time and try to keep them on track. Tonight was no different. We opted to miss Awana at church so the kids could get to bed at 7:30, not 9:30. We had a plan in place and were not going to back down. Well it ended up that Sparkler took a short nap around 5:30 and woke up around 6pm, just as we were sitting down to dinner. The kids ate and played a bit until MacGyver announced it was bedtime. At that time , he also told the kids to give goodnight hugs. I reminded him that Sparkler was probably not tired and could stay downstairs with me while he took the boys up to bed. Well Botttle Rocket had a huge breakdown asking, "How can Sparkler get to stay up 1 hour past us....I am 7 and she is 1....this is not fair.......how does she get to stay up late???!!!". Dejectedly, the kids huddled up to give goodnight hugs. Sparkler, in her cool and collected state, simply hugged each brother and then waved her hand and bidded a "bye-bye" cheerfully to each of them (note that her bye bye is always repeated several times!). She even swiveled a bit while waving and raised her voice an octive as if to say, "Check me out!" to all 3 of them! It was truly quite funny and even Bottle Rocket began to laugh a bit. These boys have NO IDEA what is coming. In all honesty, I think MacGyver and I have no idea either! We better fasten our seatbelts!!