Smiles for Myles

Friday June 10th Myles woke up at his normal 5:45am hour and decided to wake me up.  I awoke, as I do far to frequently, to his little chubby finger tapping me dead center on my forehead.  "Mom, mom wake up", he said.  "Mom, I have that jealous feeling".  Half asleep I peeled open my eyes and said, "Huh, what are you talking about?".  He continued, "I have been thinking and I am sad because Molly gets to have a sleep over and I don't."  Now keep in mind these two pretty much have to keep everything completely even.  We can't use the "she is older" excuse or the "when you turn 7 excuse"so I had to hear him out.  It turns out all week Molly has had this count down to her sleep over and apparently it had been driving him nuts.  I was so proud of him identifying the correct feeling he had as jealousy. (It is so good for a man to be so in touch with his feelings!!)  This leads to the explanation for Myles pernmanent smiles for the entire day and well into the night.  Grandma and I had been plotting a potential slumber for Myles and Hailey, if he was not too worn out from a long week at school.  I shared the plan with him and his jealousy quickly changed to joy and excitement.  Myles just adores Hailey and this plan made his weekend!

Eatting dinner together at Grandma's house

Watching some tv in Grandma's bed!

So, if you do the math......3 kids minus 2 kids = 1 child left at home.
Yes, for the first time in our lives Shawn and I experienced how it is to have an only child.  It was very relaxing for us but I defintely felt like a couple very special pieces were missing!!!  Shawn agreed that it sure did feel quiet at the Juenger house!!