Our Friday sleepless night strikes again. Owen focuses on what he wants his Saturday to be and not much stops that. My brain doesn’t register that I shouldn’t try to teach lessons at two o’clock in the morning but when else do you try to teach the sleep lesson besides when you should be asleep? My dude was hungry from the minute he woke up too. He started asking for food early and ended up eating three breakfasts before we left for his grandma’s house. And no matter how many times he asked for a hotdog it was not something he wanted. He was listening to something on his tablet and he brought it to me “saying Genesis Exodus” and something that sounded like “Lillian.” He knows most of the books of the Bible in order or maybe he knows all of them but when I said, “Genesis Exodus Leviticus” on the voice-activated option he repeated the name that sounded like Lillian. I wondered if there was a person or something he was trying to find. Time will tell. We got ready to go and he quickly got himself in the car. I could tell he was already sleepy but when you don’t sleep at night you will be. In the car, he was listening to Jingle Bells without lyrics. I asked him if he knew what the song was and he said, “Jingle Bells.” I asked him to sing it and he sang it, and then I said, can you sing it in Spanish, and he started singing it in Spanish. He amazes me. He had a great time with his grandma and I got to visit with my friends that had come from out of town. It’s always wonderful to spend time with people that are good for your soul. When I picked him up we talked about Christmas and that we would be going back to see his grandparents on Monday. We talked about how I would be staying and not leaving like he is used to. This is hard on him and it’s not part of his routine. He told me that “night Santa is coming” and he expected to go to dinner with him. He told me “Fish Santa” was leaving because he needed to get the Easter bunny and that I couldn’t stay on Monday. It will be interesting to see how he handles it. I talked to him about the gifts that he will be getting from Santa being wrapped and he told me that Santa doesn’t wrap presents so I’m not sure where he is getting his information from but I know that wrapped gifts can be extremely hard on him. Most likely his main gifts will not be wrapped and I will give him a couple wrapped to see how he handles them. He fell asleep before I even told him it was bedtime but I know he was exhausted. I pray that he sleeps all night and he is extremely ready for church tomorrow. I’m thankful for his continued laughter and the new cricket sound he loves. Let light shine through on the difficult days and know that it will carry you forward. Smiles to all and donut daze!
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