Much better

So we put our two big girls together in the same room six weeks ago or so. We are going to a family reunion next weekend and we thought they would need practice sleeping in the same room. It has been crazy. Bedtime went from lasting 45min-1 hour to 2 hours. They are so wild that it takes forever for them to fall asleep. It drives me and hubs crazy because we have to keep going in there. I plan stuff to do in the evenings after they go to bed, but if they don't get to sleep until 9 or later, that makes us just stay up later to get stuff done and then we're more tired the next day.

Anyway, last night I had a thought. Maybe they're just not tired enough. So today I did an experiment. After Honeycakes got up from her nap, we went to the library. Came home to teach a flute lesson, ate dinner at 4:30, then went swimming for an hour. Got home at 6:30, ate a snack, and put kids to bed. They were all asleep by 8!! This plan is a winner for sure. Little Peach loved the water and was a content little babe all wrapped up in her towel. And so cute, I might add. I enjoyed the water as well. Our community pool is big and there were several people I knew there. There is also a kiddie pool only 18in deep that the big girls loved. The sun went down behind the bathroom building after a little while so we were shaded, so I didn't stress about sun on Little Peach.

So you locals-if you ever want to join us for a swim, I think we'll be making this a regular occurrence.