We had a CRAZY night with these two stinkers! After a busy day Maisie was ready for bed at 8pm and went right down. Francie went into her room soon after to read books before we came in to lie down with her and when Heff went in at 9pm she was asleep! Christian was over hanging out and was so impressed with our bedtime skills- HA this never happens in our house :)

Then at 10:30pm Francie wakes up (did you think that was a nap France?!) but was in a state of half-wakedness so I laid down with her in OUR bed which we also never let her do anymore and I should have known better but was feeling lazy. We were all asleep by 11pm- a record for me… THEN Maisie woke up screaming in a bad dream at midnight and Heff brought her in our bed. Maisie was sitting up in the middle of the bed poking Francie and trying to hug her. By 1:30am both girls were wide awake!

We tried to bribe Francie with M&M's for breakfast if she'd babysit Maisie in her room. They played together for awhile and when that ended I plopped them both on the couch under a blanket with a thing of Ritz crackers and put Toy Story on. I went back to bed- checked on them an hour later and they were both still sitting there cozied up together watching Buzz and Woody. It was pretty cute even if it was 2am! Francie came in 15 minutes later losing it because Maisie turned off the TV "at the very end- my favorite part!" so Heff got up and put them both back in bed- they fell right to sleep after their 3 hour middle of the night escapade! Lesson learned- our kids aren't wired to go to bed before 9pm :)

so yes, Maisie is making her own breakfast this morning :) We'll be in PJ's for awhile!