Basketball

Kylie after she fell asleep during the game.

 The kids and I actually watched part of a basketball game last night. Most of you that know me know I am not that into sports. I can watch baseball all day, but besides that I am not that into watching sports. Basketball is not bad. I don't mind watching it.  The kids however, it depends on which kid you are talking about.

Mackenzie enjoyed watching the game last night. She was rooting of course for the OKC Thunder. She really got into watching last night. Every time "her" team scored a basket she cheered for them, which ultimately got Gabryle to do the same exact thing anytime either team made a basket. He didn't care who had the ball and even started to when they did not make a basket yell "no!"  I never realized that watching a game would be as much fun for little kids.  Plus the nice thing about it last night is I didn't have to keep explaining what was going on to the girls.

Watching some basketball.

 Kylie however, apparently found the game a little boring. The first half of the game we flipped back and forth between the games last night and Hell's Kitchen and Masterchef, two of my favorite shows. We watched the game during the commercials of the other two shows. Once both were over we just flipped to the basketball game and kept it on that. Once I kept it on the game, Kylie crawled up on the couch and laid down beside me. Within five minutes she was asleep. I guess basketball is really not her cup of tea.

I have a feeling if we watch the next game on TV Kylie will find something else to do than watch the game with us. I'll probably find her crawled up in her bed looking through a book or playing with Kenzie's Nintendo DS, while Kenzie and Gabryle sit and cheer on the players  with us.

Till Next Time!!!

Dreams

Kids can have the strangest dreams. My kids I believe might have the most strangest dreams I have heard of however.

I was standing in the kitchen this morning and Kylie came up to; me and told me she had a weird strange dream. I asked what it was about and this was her dream in her words:

"There were princess and zombies came The zombies went to the princesses and kissed the princesses!!! The princesses then turned into zombies themselves!!! Then I woke up!!"

Still can not figure out why she is fascinated with Zombies, but oh well. Who knows why she likes them.  I asked Kenzie if she remembered her dream last night but she said she couldn't remember. Kenzie can have some odd dreams also that is for sure! Kenzie is one of these kids that will sit and talk in her sleep.  Mackenzie talking at night has actually caused Kylie to wake up a few times in the middle of the nights. It's not that often but it has happened before!!!

Till Next Time!!!!!

The Con's of a Toddler Bed

Gabryle has been in a toddler bed for about six months now, which is great, but a the same time has it's disadvantages. I love how in the mornings he can get himself out of bed and go play and wake up his big sisters, and during the day he loves to go and sit in his bed while looking at books or playing with toys. However for the past few weeks, he has learned to get up in the middle of the night to try and get up in bed with Jerrod and I.

Last night has been the worst for him not staying in bed so far. Jerrod and I were up late watching movies, and about 1:15-1:20 in the middle of the night in walks Gabryle. He crawled up with me on the sofa and fell back asleep while we finished our movie. I changed his diaper since he was dirty and then put him back to bed. That may have been my mistake to start with. After that Jerrod and I went to bed then in walks in casually Gabryle. We let him lay in our bed for a few minutes and then I took him back to bed, laid him down and give him kisses then went back to my room. A few minutes later, in comes Gabryle again. I take him back to his room and this goes on a few times. The last time I took him, I sat beside his bed and rubbed the top of his head for about ten minutes  till he had seemed to be back asleep then slipped out of the kids room and went and laid down again.

Needless to say he came back in our room about five minute later. By the time we were done going back and forth between our room and his and Kylie's room it was a little after four in the morning.  By the time I fell asleep it was closer to four thirty. Luckily the next time he woke up was after seven thirty, which is around the normal time he gets up. He went and pestered Kenzie and she got up and played with him.

Hopefully this waking up in the middle of the night will pass soon. If not I am still not sure what to do to get him out of his habit of coming in our room to try and sleep. I'll try and shorten his nap time today and see how that goes for him. I put him to bed later than we usually do, thinking that would help, but I was wrong.

We shall see tonight if it helps.......