With the return to school, the kids have reached new heights of tiredness. We start every day with basketball at 7:30, and they are busy until around 7 or 8 at night.<\/p>\n
That doesn’t stop them from stalling at bed time. It doesn’t matter how tired they are, they still like to stay up just that little bit longer.<\/p>\n
Yesterday evening, my youngest was dragging things out a really long time. He’d already gotten into his pajamas, and kept finding excuses to be out of his bedroom. Finally, I gave up on the child-herding, and just snuck into his room.<\/p>\n
It took him about ten more minutes for his mom to get him his bedroom. He walked in without turning on the light, then turned to put something on his desk.<\/p>\n
I leaped out from behind the door. “Ninja!”<\/p>\n
It was an epic surprise. First, his whole body went rigid, then he jumped forward. When he realized it was me, he just collapsed onto the floor.<\/p>\n
“Okay,” he said. “You got me.”<\/p>\n
“Sleep tight,” I said with a grin.<\/p>\n
“Yeah right.”<\/p>\n
Funny thing this morning: he looked even more tired than he did last night. I can’t figure out why.<\/p>\n
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