I should start by saying that we are SOOO lucky that our kids have generally been good sleepers since infancy. These days, they both go to bed around 8 pm and stay asleep, or least in their room quietly, until 7 am when their magical bunny clock wakes up and tells them they can get up. Of course we almost always hear the thump-thump-thump of Dash on his way to our room exactly at 7 but I will take that any day of the week since it's sure better than the early bird wake-ups of many other kids.
Today is Easter, and I woke up around 6:30 to hear the sound of the kids talking in their room. I couldn't exactly hear what they were saying but they were certainly awake and moving around and chatting with each other.
At 7 am on the dot, I heard them run out of their room. Ella made a half second appearance at our door and then disappeared. It took me a minute to realize that they were going for their Easter baskets and totally bypassing the morning snuggle routine.
When I asked Ella later what happened when they got up early, she said that she woke up and asked Dash if she could get in his bed and read with him. When I went in to their room this afternoon, I found a book of kid science experiments open on his bed. It tickled me to no end to think of Ella reading Dash the instructions for various experiments in bed early on a Sunday. Josh and I say it to ourselves all the time: they are the BEST kids. And maybe even future scientists!
