the joys of parenthood

last night was fun. clay went to bed at his usual time, 8:30, but was upstairs jabbering away for a very long time. finally, at 10:30, i went up to check on him and he was ready to get up. "up, up!" he said, cheerfully, then, "potty!".

so we went potty.

then he wanted to eat. um, no. he cried. so i told him it was bedtime, but he could have ONE more story. so we did that. then he wanted to watch a movie. no. more tears.

well, i finally got him to bed, and i thought, gee, maybe he'll sleep late since he was awake so late.

no...

he was right on schedule.

kids. where do they get their energy?

oh... wait.. guess who's talking upstairs again? hmmmm... maybe this is a sign that afternoon naptime is soon to be no more. wow. don't know if i'm ready for that.

on second thought, daddy's unfinished cup of tea was sitting on the table and while clay was having his snack, i was washing dishes. i caught him taking a big drink from his dad's cup -- maybe the caffeine is keeping him up.