If (as I mentioned yesterday) my alarm each morning is the scary sound of my child rustling in the kitchen, I have found the perfect alarm for those rare occasions that she sleeps in.
See, harkening back to the SIDS days, I have always felt a little panic when she sleeps longer than normal. I start to think crazy thoughts and I have an overwhelming urge to go in and make sure she is just sleeping. I know, I am a crazy, paranoid princess but what can I say, I lost my mind when I had a baby and I haven't been able to get it back since.
So, getting back to this perfect alarm clock . . . popcorn! This morning, she slept in. And getting on towards 10:30 the paranoid mommy in me started screaming at me to wake her up. But if you have ever woken a 4 year old little princess from a deep sleep you will know that this is not a pretty picture. She grumbles, complains, and cries. It isn't worth my peace of mind. So this morning, I decided to make a treat for her. It is payday and we are going shopping for groceries and all that fun and uninteresting stuff and to celebrate, I put on popcorn, something she LOVES but never gets in the mornings. And before the microwave had a chance to finish popping it, she was trudging down the stairs, hair sticking out at odd angles, nightdress tucked into her underpants, and eyes still half closed but still with a HUGE GRIN. She smelled popcorn and that was all she needed to know.
4 comments:
Awwww, I'll have to try that sometime when my son won't wake up!
there is always, always room for popcorn.
great way to start the day...
stoppin by
If I manage to sleep until 9 without waking up because no one has made noise, I'm always convinced that everyone in the house is probably dead or something. Then I move a little and the dog starts making noise so I figure everything must be all right...lol!
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