Musical beds...

That's the super fun game we played at the Hanson household last night, and let me tell you ... it was one rockin' good time!!

Here's how you play....

First plan a great night out with friends, make dinner reservations, get a babysitter lined up, and pray that your 4 month old actually sleeps during dinner. CHECK!!

Next, as the time of the reservation nears, send Matt for the babysitter and feed Andrew. CHECK!

Then, right before you finish feeding Andrew, you look over at your 3 year old and notice he looks like he's going to fall asleep. So, you ask him if he's tired, and of course he says no. However, 30 seconds later you notice he's fallen asleep and HARD! CHECK!

At this point, you decide that it's a good idea to put him to bed in Katherine's bed since you're leaving for the evening. (Yea, don't ask about this one, but it seemed perfectly logical at the time). CHECK!!

Then, go to dinner and enjoy the evening. Return home around 10:30. You'll find that your three year old is STILL asleep in his sister's bed, and since you haven't seen "said" sister for a few hours, you decide that it's a good idea for her to come into your room and chat while Matt returns the babysitter.

OK -- here's where it starts getting interesting... (Oh, and as a side note, the kids have been sick all week coughing, wheezing, the works. Caleb is on medication for a respiratory tract infection).

Shortly after Matt gets home, Katherine has a coughing spell so bad that she pukes all over our bed. So, while Matt changes the sheets, I clean up Katherine and feed Andrew. At that point, we decide that she should sleep in bed with me so that I can keep an eye (an ear) on her while she's sleeping. So Matt heads to the basement since Caleb is sleeping in Katherine's room....

Since Andrew slept the entire time at dinner, he was up until midnight. I finally fell asleep shortly after, but was woken up at 1:45 by a distraught Caleb. He had missed playing with Mary Claire. He was thirsty. He was hungry. So, I got him a drink and some food, and he was up until 3:30... He finally fell asleep cuddling with me in bed. So, it's the three of us -- Katherine, Caleb and I all in the same bed, and those two aren't the best bed partners in the world. At 4:15 Andrew wakes up ready to eat. Exhausted at this point, I take him into Katherine's bed and we fall asleep crosswise in the bed because I was too tired to pull back the sheets and unmake her bed.

So here's how we ended up - Katherine and Caleb got our bed, Matt ended up in the basement, and Andrew and I were in Katherine's bed. UUUUUUGH! I'm so glad things are back to normal tonight, and pray we don't have to play musical beds anytime soon -- especially since I'll lose at that little game every time!! LOL.