Shimelle's prompt today is about sleep.
I thought it quite appropriate to start this blog at this hour in the morning (lol). Although we have a few days off work at this time of year we seem to get less sleep. I think it's because there's so much to do, so much fun to be had and going to bed later than normal because there is no work in the morning. This is OK until the day comes when you *have* to go back to work. Christmas Eve has always been the day when we end up going to bed late and then we have to get up really early Christmas Day. Which has reminded me about the Christmas when Gemma & Lisa were quite young, (we still lived at Pumpkins). One Christmas morning Andrew & I were actually up first, the girls were fast asleep. We tried allsorts of things to wake them up gently, flushed the toilet, closed a couple of doors, turned the radio on etc. but it seemed to take ages for them to get up. I think we were more excited than they were. Mind you they have got there own back since.
Another memory was when Me & my brother were young, maybe 12 & 8?? we crept downstairs about 3am, opened all our presents, went back to bed and slept until morning. My Mum went mad, I couldn't understand what all the fuss was about but as a mother myself now, I understand. I don't even know what possesed us to do it or who egged who on? I have told the girls the story in the hope they never do it to me ~ sorry Mum.
We always count in sleeps. I think it has been passed down from my childhood. My girls have always counted sleeps until Christmas and other things they are looking forward to.
I thought it quite appropriate to start this blog at this hour in the morning (lol). Although we have a few days off work at this time of year we seem to get less sleep. I think it's because there's so much to do, so much fun to be had and going to bed later than normal because there is no work in the morning. This is OK until the day comes when you *have* to go back to work. Christmas Eve has always been the day when we end up going to bed late and then we have to get up really early Christmas Day. Which has reminded me about the Christmas when Gemma & Lisa were quite young, (we still lived at Pumpkins). One Christmas morning Andrew & I were actually up first, the girls were fast asleep. We tried allsorts of things to wake them up gently, flushed the toilet, closed a couple of doors, turned the radio on etc. but it seemed to take ages for them to get up. I think we were more excited than they were. Mind you they have got there own back since.
Another memory was when Me & my brother were young, maybe 12 & 8?? we crept downstairs about 3am, opened all our presents, went back to bed and slept until morning. My Mum went mad, I couldn't understand what all the fuss was about but as a mother myself now, I understand. I don't even know what possesed us to do it or who egged who on? I have told the girls the story in the hope they never do it to me ~ sorry Mum.
We always count in sleeps. I think it has been passed down from my childhood. My girls have always counted sleeps until Christmas and other things they are looking forward to.
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