Sleeping In

It's saturday morning at 7 and I am wide awake. Now I know those of you who don't have kids or those whose kids actually sleep in might be amazed by this because 7 am is early. I love sleeping in. I love lying in bed awake knowing I don't have to get up to do anything. But for now, those days are pretty much gone for me. All I ask is for 8 hours of sleep. It is a real rarity for me to get it. Even though husband and I take turns getting up with the kids and letting the other one sleep in on weekends. The one trying to sleep is usually interrupted lots because of crying, fighting or just plain old noisiness from the kids downstairs.
Anyway, last night I told son that we wanted to sleep in in the morning. I said, "if our door is open, that means you need to stay in your room and play quietly. If it is shut, then someone is downstairs and you can get up and go downstairs". Now really, he is 5. I thought that was expecting a lot. But at 6:40 he accidentally knocked something over in his room. He had been doing just that. Trying to play quietly in his room. But the significant thing of this story is that it was 6:40! I cannot remember the last time one of my kids didn't get up at 5. Yes, 5 am. If it isn't son then it is princess. It's awful. There is a huge difference between 5 and 6:40 and that difference is me sitting here on the computer actually feeling awake after having 8 hours of wonderful sleep.
Now, I am going to get some donuts to really start the day off right:-)