I spoke too soon. I knew it was too good to be true. Just yesterday evening, right before bed, I was writing about how great the jet lag had been for the kids sleeping. Wouldn't you know it came back to bite me just an hour after my fingers finished typing! Caleb and Emily could not fall asleep last night, which meant Tim and I could not fall asleep. It was a sporadic night of rest to be sure and even now, at 11:30pm, I am staring into the eyes of all three of my kids because sleep evades them. They do pretty well during the day, although there are a few episodes of exhaustion, but those don't occurr at any time or location we can take advantage of them. We muscle through the day, eat dinner entirely too late (which is actually normal dinner time for most folks) and then catch our second wind when we are all trying to wind down for sleep at 10 or 11 o'clock. Hopefully things will balance out in a day or two!
We had an exciting day in Edinburgh, visiting the Edinburgh Castle and Camera Obscura. It was highlighted by the fact we were joined by two colleagues of Tim's: John, his wife, Julie, their two kids, Andy and his daughter. Caleb, Emily, and Maddie had a fabulous time hanging out with older kids and really seemed to appreciate not being stuck with just their parents for company. I didn't have much of a chance to inquire of the kids about their "high-low" today or to get much of a reflection from them so for now I'll just end this post by wishing all the dads out there an early Happy Father's Day!
P.S. Hopefully we'll have some pictures coming soon!
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