It's almost 11pm, and E and I had a lovely Easter. While I'm typically a night owl, I'm absolutely exhausted...even though E and I had a seemingly relaxing day. It finally occurred to me that while today was relaxing, last night was not.
10:00pm:
Me: Happily stuffing eggs, drinking wine, catching up on mindless TV, hopping around with a basket and finding sneaky places to hide eggs.
E: Sleeping.
11:30pm:
Me: Walking to my bedroom, gleefully anticipating the moment when my head hits the pillow.
E: "Mom!!"
Me: Trying to regain composure after nearly having a heart attack. "Yes, babes?"
E: "It's almost Easter!"
Me: "I know, sweets. Get some sleep. Love you."
12:45am:
E: Two inches away from my face. "Psst. Mom! Can I go get a drink of water?"
Me: "Why are you waking me up to ask me?"
E: "Because if the *ahem* bunny came, I don't want to ruin the surprise."
Me: Sigh. "I'll get you some water."
2:00am:
Me: Half-asleep and stumbling to the restroom.
E: Poking his head in the bathroom since he's intent on killing his Mother before Easter. "Mom!!"
Me: "Holy...what?! What are you doing awake?"
E: Dismissively. "Having a hard time sleeping. It's Easter, you know."
Me: "Babe, you need to go back to bed."
E: "When can we wake up and find eggs?"
Me: "Later."
6:00am:
E: Two inches away from my face. "Psst. Mom! It's 6am!"
Me: "Baby pleeease go back to bed for a bit. Just a little bit."
E: "I'm not really tired."
Me: "Let's sleep for 30 more minutes. You can stay in my bed."
E: "Ok."
6:30:00am:
E: "Mom! It's 6:30. Can we get up now?!"
Me: "Yes."
E: "Can I find eggs?"
Me: "Just let me get my coffee and camera first."
E: "Awesome." (Starts singing an ad-lib song about how he's the egg master and will find every one in record speed.)
7:00am:
E: Counting his money and making candy mountains ala Scarface. "The *ahem* Easter bunny must be rich."
Me: "Why?"
E: "He goes around to so many houses and gives kids his money."
Me: "He's probably poor after Easter."
E: "Who would give away all of their money to a kid?"
Me: "A mother."
7:20am:
Me: Starting to doze on the couch.
E: "Is it time for pancakes?"
Hope you all had a wonderful Easter! Off to bed!
Hi Sara, looks like you had a rough night... I was blessed that My son didn't wake up through the night, but we had a hard time getting him to sleep as he was trying to wait for the Easter bunny to show up... well hope you had a good weekend.
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I always love seeing how other people celebrate and their family traditions. I honestly have never thought about hiding the eggs inside the night before. It's like Christmas! We leave the eggs out for the Easter Bunny to stuff the night before, and then JB or I hide them after church the next day. Maybe next year we need to have an egg stuffing party!
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