Struggling To Sleep

Luckily, this is not going to be a post about over tired, cranky kids who refuse to go to bed, it's actually almost the opposite.  For the past three nights we have had super chatty, giggly, hyper little boys.  They have followed the same bedtime routine that we have been doing for the past few months and were in bed by 9:00.  As Galen and I were sitting in the living room we could hear little voices saying "mama? dada?" We could hear giggling and occasionally the boys would moo back and forth. I have to admit that they sounded really cute and nights like this make me want to set up a video camera in their room.

Around 10:00 their tone changed, they started yelling and crying.  So, in we went to change diapers, fill up water bottles and tuck them back in.  Logan immediately started jumping up and down on his mattress and then took off his pajama pants.  Gavin grinned and said "no no" when we told him it was time to go to bed.  After we put them back down, they continued to chat and then around 10:45 the angry yells started again.  So back in I went, this time I was greeted by a large pile of pillows, blankets and stuffed animals that had been piled on the floor.  The only things that remained in the cribs were Gavin and Logan.  After picking up way too many stuffed animals, eating a little yogurt and getting tucked in, they reluctantly laid back down.

And the fun didn't end there.  Galen and I were really hopeful after it was quiet for twenty minutes but then we heard crying.  This time, I was surprised to find a much smaller pile of animals and blankets on the floor.  Logan was standing in his empty crib and Gavin was no where to be found. I had a slight moment of panic until I realized that Gavin's crib was unusually full.  He had fallen asleep, on his stomach, and then his loving brother decided to throw one Mickey Mouse, one Jingle, one Scout, and one water bottle on top of him.  Gavin was pretty much buried under animals and Logan was laughing.  I ended up moving Logan's pillow to the other end of his crib and giving him all of the animals back that he had thrown on his brother.  The good news is that he has finally fallen asleep and we haven't heard a noise from either of them.