{ All Tuckered Out! }

Last night Drew was SOOOO wound up after bedtime! The other two kids had been fast asleep for some time and Drew was still turning on his light in his room and playing with his toys. Casey and I were downstairs watching T.V. and knew this was going on, but neither one of us felt like doing anything about it. He kept opening and closing his door, so we knew he hadn't zonked out yet. Finally, Casey told him to bring his pillow and blanket downstairs. We both were in a pretty laid back kind of mood (doesn't happen very often that we BOTH are feeling that way). He came down with this huge grin on his face and sat by me while I painted my nails and watched 'Dancing With The Stars', jabbering my ear off the whole time. I was ready for bed a little after 10:00 last night (miracle, I know) and Drew comes in to lay by me, still wide awake and continues to jabber away. I was halfway asleep and muttered to him to go find Dad and I bet he would tuck you into bed. He did, but I don't think that boy fell asleep until 11:00 last night! Of course he woke up at the same time this morning that he does when he goes to sleep at 8:00, go figure. So, today after we dropped Jake off at preschool, I was doing random things around the house and Drew was playing. At 11:00 I walked through the family room and this is what I stumbled across:

He had been watching Shark Tales and I guess it finally clicked that he didn't get enough sleep last night. So he had gone upstairs and brought down his blanket and spread it out on the floor and crashed, surrounded by all of his toys. Too cute!! I love running into little quiet, peaceful, moments like this. It makes me want to pick him up and squeeze him because he looks so darn cute! I love that he took care of himself too. It's a bitter sweet thing actually. He's growing up so much, (bitter) but it's nice that he tucked himself in for a nap! (sweet)