Bedtime Battles

Does this sound familiar?

In a whiny voice:

Just one more story... pleeeaaaseee!

I need a drink. No, you'll wet the bed. But I'm so thirsty I'll die!

There's too much light.

There's not enough light.

Where's my teddy?

I just need to go potty one more time.

I'm NOT tired!

I hear something creepy outside.

He keeps talking, I can't sleep.

He won't get out of my bed.

Mom, just one more thing...

I don't want to miss Letterman!

Okay, maybe not the last one, but these are the usual bedtime battles we have-- as well as the completely-coming-out-of-the-room. If they dare do it three times my angry mom comes out.

That is until we put them on their school schedule of being up at 6:30AM and go, go, go until the blessed hour of 7:30pm... one of my favorite times of the day. Chris and I actually have a bit of an evening now. 

The night before school started we had a battle of another kind: lightsaber vs. Nerf gun.

This went on for about 20 minutes... and Chris couldn't understand why they didn't want to go to bed.