Helpful girl...or not

 Lately, I've been unable to sleep very well. In fact, I've averaged about 4-5 hours of sleep per night. Bennett will wake up around 4 or 5am, and I just can't fall back asleep. This morning was one of those days~ I settled Bennett back to sleep at 4am and my body decided I was up for the day. I got some stuff done and played with the boys when they woke up at 7am. B wasn't feeling well, so we stayed home from church and just rested with the kids all day. We put them all down for a nap around 1pm, so B and I laid down too. He got up and went to work at 2pm, but left me sleeping. When I finally woke up at 4pm, I heard ALL of the kids downstairs. No, that can't be right...
  As I came down the stairs, I heard Bennett squealing.

"Sophia, how did Bennett get out of his crib?"
"I got him out. I just climbed in and held on to him VERY tight."
"How did he get into his high chair?"
"I used a stool and put him in."

Oh my goodness! This little girl thinks she is way older than she really is!

"Why didn't you wake me up?? I need to be awake if you guys are, honey."
"I wanted to let you sleep. Anyway, I need to practice being a mommy."

What??? Isn't she only five? Where does this mentality come from?

"You don't need to practice quite yet. You need to be a little girl as long as you can, honey."
"Well Mommy, I'm not going to be little for too much longer."

Isn't that the truth?! After this, I had her repeat something we've been teaching her: the order of life. Granted, life doesn't always turn out the way you plan (case-in-point: Bennett), but trying to follow the order will make life a little easier.

"Sophia, what's the order?"
"Go to college, get a job, get married, have babies. That's the order."
"That's right, let's just be a little girl for a while, okay?"
"Okay Mommy."

Next time, I'll have to have B wake me up before he leaves; I can't have any more helping going on while I'm sleeping! Hopefully, tonight will be better and I can get some good rest. Thankfully, I'm off nights for a few weeks so my body should acclimate to real life again. I can't wait until I can cut back at work and only work 2 days per week!

Playing "Doctor"

 First of all, I'd like to apologize for not write for a few months- life got in the way! I'm going to try to catch up here soon but we'll start with the present.

 Yesterday, I hear Sophia playing in her room and she calls to me,

"Mommy, do you want to play doctor with me?"

This intrigued me, what could she possibly mean by this? So I walked into her room and asked,

"How do we do that?"
"Well, I put on my BennyBear shirt and take my telescope and listen to your heart and give you a shot so you don't die, and that's how you play doctor."

Playing "Doctor"

Well, that sounded good to me! She also asked if I had another "BennyBear shirt" (shirts we had made for Bennett's benefit last June) so that Noah could play too. I gave her one of my small shirts, which she was swimming in, and she gave her shirt to Noah. They proceded to spend the next 30 minutes listening to everyone who got within five feet of them with the telescope (a play stethescope I bought for her when she was Bennett's age) and giving us all shots (poking me in the arm with a ponytail holder she had folded in half). Bennett managed to avoid them, but still sneak a peek at me around the corner. It was such a fun time, and I hope this is the only way she ever tries to play doctor, unless she becomes Sophia Wevers, MD!

Peek, Mommy!