A shadowy figure appeared at my bedside in the early morning. Ed’s alarm hadn’t even gone off yet, which meant it was early. Really early. Lily whispered, “Can I sleep with you?” and I opened up the covers to let her in. Not only was the time change working against her, but she was super excited about her birthday.
Another shadowy figure crept into the bedroom. Emmy crawled into bed, gave Lily a huge hug and whispered, “Happy Birthday! I love you.”
This mama’s heart just about melted upon hearing that.
I tried to go back to sleep. The girls were quietly drawing letters on each other’s backs with their fingers, trying to guess what her sister was writing.
I was amazed that they were being so quiet.
I was amazed that they weren’t fighting over the covers, or pushing each other to get more pillow space, or arguing about who got to be next to Mommy, or begging me to get up, get out of bed.
I just lay there, quietly, in the darkness, listening to my little girls get along.
When Ed came out of the bathroom, ready to go to work, I told the girls to get out of bed and say goodbye to him. He normally leaves a sleeping house behind as he backs out of the driveway, but not this time. I soon got up to start the day with my girls. To begin the daily morning routine of making breakfast and lunches and ensuring that everyone has put on clean underwear.
Let’s hope that today will not start quite as early.
Oh early mornings can be painful, but this one sounded so very sweet!
Yes, it was sweet! And very unusual! 😉
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Awwww…how sweet! Your girls sound awesome!
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Thanks! They are pretty awesome, but I'm biased. 😉
So happy to have found you from SITS! 🙂 My mornings are always early (5am to send Husband off to work, he's a high school teacher in a different school district) Then I can get ready during quiet time, before it all breaks loose when the 3 kids get up!!
I love those quiet moments before the kids get up…but that hardly ever happens! Maybe when they are older…
JDaniel has been getting up early due to the time change. I hope he is going to adjust to the change soon.
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Me, too! I think it usually takes about a week for us to adjust.
This is so sweet. And the time change has been wreaking havoc in our household too. Although none of my mornings are quite so beautiful as this one was!
I hope they keep it up….I'll find out tomorrow morning. 😉
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Super sweet. I can just picture them there 🙂 What a way to start a day, and a special one at that.
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It was a very nice way to start the day. 🙂
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Oh, I love it! There is nothing better than seeing your children sharing a sweet moment! 🙂
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It doesn't happen very often! Maybe that's why it's more precious when it does happen.
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Hi, yeahwrite Columnite (is that the term?)! You captured a beautiful moment beautifully. Makes me want to send it to my mom, if only to have her say, "Yeah, that never happened with you and your sisters."
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I think Columnite sounds good to me! 😉 Thanks for stopping by!
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