Non-stop...

There are days when I am convinced that my children have been given sugar in their sleep. They quite simply wake up so full of energy that it is amazing. Today was one of those days. Maybe it is just me but I have to question whether they even take a breath between utterances? I love them dearly but there are days when the barrage of questions and stories gets to be overwhelming. I try very hard to listen to them but by the end of a day like today I find myself just nodding intermittently and saying "really?" far, far too often. I believe this is likely a heightened reaction because I spend almost every single of their waking hours with them. Tonight is one of those nights where I tell everyone to put on their pajamas earlier than usual and convince them the clocks are wrong. There are just times when a Mom needs an extra hour of adult time in the evening.