Zzzzz...

Well, last night was a bit of a joke, but Sam napped successfully in his new bed today for 3 hours, so that's got to be a good sign, right? They finally fell asleep at 10:30pm and then were up again at 3:30am. At 4:50am I put Sam back in his crib and he was up for the day at 7:30am. Ted slept in til 8:15 when I finally woke him up for preschool. Tonight will probably be more of the same. Because I think it's funny, here is the rundown of last night:

In Bed: 7:00
7:08 books thrown around, yelling, banging
7:25 quiet.....
7:32 amazing, long crash of thunder
7:38 still quiet...
7:43 much laughter from Sam...
7:50 door opened, Ted went to poop
8:00 opening & closing door, put them back to bed and warned that if I had to come in again, Ted had to sleep in his own bed and not Sam's.
8:10 Ted peed...arguing to have toothbrushes in bed
8:15 more peeing...put them back in their own beds. As I left they were blowing kisses to each other.
8:25 loud yelling from Sam...Poor Sam is sooo tired.
8:32 who knows...Ted again...
8:50 Ted peeing...got them down. Ted saying Shhhh...Sam yelling Mama!
9:09 banging on the door. granted, it IS thundering like crazy...
10:00 Sam this time...Ted is passed out.
10:30 SUCCESS! Sam finally fell asleep. Ahhhh....
3:40 they're up!
4:50 put Sam in his crib
7:30 Sam up for the day
8:15 woke Ted up for preschool

More info than anyone needs, I know, but it will be interesting to see how it goes tonight. It's too bad we chose to start this A) when Ted has a cold and B) when there was a major storm raging. Today our summer weather was gone and we were firmly into Fall. Ted practiced violin today before rest time...we got through about half of what we were supposed to before he couldn't stay focused. We'll pick up where we left off when Daddy comes home for his 'concert.' Ted has got the bow down, though! We need to work on patting the rhythms with his hands...that seems to get him. He can say them and do them, but not say them AND do them at the same time. Without sleep, this is feeling like a really long day....