No time to sleep..

So there we were...sleeping at 6:00 am on a cool Saturday morning. The windows were left open so my wife and I could snuggle in the blankets. We heard the birds chirping....the sun was shining....life was perfect....until....KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. Yes, it was one of the children. It is in fact a law in the Avila household that no one is allowed out of their room until 8:00 on Saturday morning and this alone was cause for a child takeover which last hours due to child union regulations which was put in place by various children of the Avila household. The rule was simple, stay in your room until 8am...however...nothing is simple in a child's mind. In the childrens minds we were in fact keep them from using the potty. After litigation I was able to convince the children that common sense would be written in the Avila book of knowledge which they would have to refer to in case of an emergency on Saturday mornings. But I digress. So there we were in a deep sleep...the knock at the door awoke us and in walked in the 3 year old. She said she had a bad dream and needed to sleep with us. In order to try and get some sleep we let her in. Moments later the 5 year old walked in (no knock). He also had a bad dream and wanted to sleep. The bed was becoming crowded but we just wanted to get some sleep. Moments later the 7 and 9 year old came downstairs asking us if they could play in their room! We explained that we really didnt care as long as they didnt come out. However, that question was met with a series of questions that hovered around the absurd to the philosophically absurd. By the end of the morning my wife and I had moved into our walk in closet with two pillows and a blanket. It really didn't matter....they followed us in there to.

Bill Avila

http://kingdomoftheabsurd.blogspot.com/