Amazing events

Today I was able to get princess back to bed. That seems like a silly statement but let me explain. She has been getting up between 5-5:15 the past few weeks it seems. And I am sick of it. I try to send her back to bed, ignore her, let daddy take her, etc...She either refuses to go with daddy, pulls my blankets off, or screams and cries until I give in. This morning, I decided I had enough. So I said no, go back to bed or crawl in bed with me and I rolled away from her. Well, that didn't work, she just kept crying and woke up son. Sigh. Finally, I had an idea. I asked her if she wanted to get dressed and then crawl back in bed with me. Yes, that worked. Maybe all of these mornings have been b/c her pull up is full and she wants to get out of it. I can't guarantee that but from now on that will be my tactic. Change her and send her back to bed. She slept with me until 7:15. It wasn't great sleep but it was sleep. She even woke up once and asked where daddy and brother were, I told her and she went back to sleep. Amazing. I have such a better attitude when I get up at 7 instead of 5.
The second amazing thing that happened today is that the kids ate what I cooked for dinner. Wait, let me rephrase that. I made dinner for husband and I and the kids ate that. I didn't have to make them something different for them like chicken nuggets or hot dogs or something. I just can't figure out how to get them to eat what I make for the 2 of us. It makes getting dinner ready a huge chore b/c I am making a million different things. I know I can threaten that they either eat what I make or go to bed hungry but honestly, they get up early enough as it is, do I really want them waking up earlier b/c they are hungry?
Anyway, I made Glo's chicken, she taught the recipe to me a long time ago. It's super easy and tasty. Cut up chicken breast into small pieces, marinade in zesty italian dressing and a little sweet and sour sauce (I am out of sweet and sour so used a little hot sesame seed oil and that worked well). Pour in pan and cook until no longer pink, drain liquid and put chicken back in pan to brown. That's it. The kids all had second helpings and son had a third helping.
On a side note, I will be so glad when soccer is done. It is completely interfering with my evening routine and it's making us eat around 7 which is just too late.