tired girlie

Just put a crying child on the bus. I hate when I have to do that. I am guessing she is just over-tired and 8! I put them to bed by 8:00, but they don't fall asleep right away. She had a busy weekend. Her first Christian rock concert, a soccer game, a birthday party. We even did a movie night Saturday night because we had rented The Tale of Despereaux from Netflix. But I made sure that the movie would be over by 8:00pm. With the sun staying up later and the impending summer vacation, I think it is just too hard to fall asleep.

Which, of course, makes for ugly mornings full of tears and talking back. Not because she is a mean spirited child, but because she is 8 and tired. She is quickly remorseful and cries even harder when she realizes that she sounded ugly. I feel so bad for her but I also don't want that behavior to continue.

I am not a morning person either. I love being semi-awake, under all my warm and cozy blankets, listening to my husband get ready or my kids get breakfast. Then I will myself out of bed to make the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and to consult on what outfits to wear and predict the weather. Then I throw on yesterdays jeans and walk the girlies up the driveway and wait for the bus. I love that the bus stop is the end of my driveway! It doesn't get more convenient than that.

I waved to M this morning after she got on the bus, she looked back with that "I am so miserable" face, or maybe it was the "I can't believe you are making me go to school today" face. Either way, I waved and mouthed "I love you" with a smile on my face and I pray that she'll find some inner strength to turn her frown around and make the best of her day. She does have some nice friends at school and a great teacher. Poor little girlie....