We are the McFartington’s

Saturday night RB had a sleepover birthday party.  Friend 1,2 &3 spent the night, #’s 4 & 5 stayed until 10pm.  If you are ever thinking about having a sleepover party, you may want to think again!  The kids had a great time.  FT & I did not sleep much.  2am I had to get mean to get them to sleep.  Shorty & friend 3 were driving the others crazy, so I took them into the living room.  3 fell asleep right away.  After I got Shorty settled down (but not asleep), I checked on the others.   Here’s the conversation we had, keep in mind these are the gifted kids!

Me: BOYS, it’s 2am.  You need to go to sleep.  I’m tired & you’re keeping me awake.  Do you really want me to be grumpy in the morning? (I should mention here that 1 & 2 know me from school, as a teacher).

Boys: We’re tired.  We’re trying to sleep, but we can’t. 

Me: If you stop talking & moving around for 2 minutes you’ll fall asleep.

Boys: How do when know when it’s been 2 minutes?

Me: I’ll come back!!!

So I went to get Shorty to sleep.  Two minutes later, I checked on the boys & they were asleep.  All of the boys ere up by 8:00