Fresh Air

We didn't sleep well last night. You may think it's because of Brayton, but no, it wasn't. He's a great sleeper at night, waking about 6-8 hours after his last meal, which is anywhere from 5:30am to even 8:00 am! The girls were up at 4:00 this morning. Both of them. Abbie was yelling for daddy and Madeline was yelling for Abbie to stop. They wanted to sleep in our bed. Both of them. Jeremy always obliges. Always. So all FIVE of us were in our QUEEN bed. It was alright for a short while because the girls must have fallen back to sleep...because I remember having a dream about putting them back in their beds...but at 6:00 the girls were yip yapping again. Both of them. Jeremy took them back to their room (after I complained enough that they'd wake the baby, who slept through ALL of it) and camped out on their floor until a more decent hour (7:58).

That's so not right - Brayton should be waking me up, not Abbie & Maddie!

Anyone of my family members can tell you that I'm not too patient when it comes to interrupted sleep. I can get a bit grumpy....ok, a lot grumpy. So I'm going to try and change that trait. Today was different. I didn't even try to get some choppy sleep on the couch while the kids tear the house apart with the TV attempting to babysit them (which now gets unplugged promptly after breakfast). We went for a walk.
I made sure Brayton was fed, burped and changed before loading him up in the Snugli and packing the girls into the double stroller. It is a beautiful day and we should be so lucky to have 50 degree (ABOVE zero) weather to enjoy. We strolled around the neighborhood for a good half-hour and then played at the playground before going inside for some hot chocolate and lunch. It felt so refreshing to have some clean, crisp air to breathe. I worked up a sweat pushing that stroller up hills and down. Fresh air really lifted my spirits and woke me up. I'm going to take the kiddos out for fresh air as much as I can.

It was hard to enjoy fresh air at 45 below because your lungs and skin burn. It took so long to get everyone in their snow gear to go play for just a few minutes before we froze. I lived on a dirt road with no sidewalks and it was hard to push a stroller on, especially with all that snow. All those excuses are gone - we are so lucky to be here in Kansas. So go, get yourself some fresh air...bundle up to check your mail or be happy you can go out in a t-shirt. It will make you feel alive.