Last night, Taylor got up to use the bathroom around 11:30 pm. She was happy and played with Ranger for a bit telling him that his new haircut was “as soft as a kitten at a play date.” I’m not where sure she got that phrase from, but it was hilarious.

She stayed up for “a while” to read books in her bed and play with her ponies. Two hours later, she went back to sleep. As if on cue, these two monsters I call my sons got up and stayed awake from about 2 am until a bit after 4am. They got back up for the day around 6. I, of course, was up with them the whole time. It wasn’t like they were playing quietly either. They climbed on the frames of their beds, tore back their shade (which I knew they would do as soon as we moved them there after the hole in the wall incident) and they repeatedly banged on the window while yelling “Come in! Come in!” I went in countless times and yelled at them, tucked them back into bed, gave them fresh diapers, etc. They still kept going back to banging on the window. I’m honestly surprised that neighbors didn’t call the cops. I guess nobody was out at that hour, but if I heard banging on a dark window at 2am, I sure would have called for help. It took me a while to fall back to sleep after they did, so my night was pretty much shot.

They were so tired and dragging this morning, but we pushed through, played, and had lunch. At one point, Jacks actually looked at me and said “Mama, can I please go in my bed now?” I figured this was a great sign for wonderful naps to come. I was overjoyed at the thought of my head hitting the pillow. The boys decided they weren’t napping though. They took turns climbing up to the window, pulling the shade, kicking the wall, ripping the door locks, and climbing on the furniture. I removed their favorite blankets and the two stuffed animals they are each allowed to have in bed (one thing at a time). After almost two hours, figuring they had to go to sleep at some point, they continued their antics and lost their comforter too. They weren’t using it to sleep anyway and instead were wrapping each other up in it and tossing each other into the walls. Since they now had nothing in their room, I was really sure they’d sleep. I looked into the monitor and found this set up. They took the sheets of their beds to cover themselves up. They are so damn smart, but so fresh.

We ended up quitting nap time and they are now watching a movie and playing with their big sister. It’s going to be a long night and an even longer weekend if they keep up with these shenanigans. There isn’t enough coffee in existence.