Sleepy sillies...

In my college years we had many nights with little sleep.  We would be studying, writing papers, hanging out with friends and whatever other excuse we could find to not go to bed.  Back then I thought I knew what sleep deprivation meant, how naive I was.

One of those nights I remember hanging out with one of my best friends (now brother in-law), I can't remember what we were up to but I remember laughing so hard at the dumbest things.  Things that on a normal nights rest would not have been quite so funny.  In between our fits of laughter he said "We have the sleepy sillies"  I am not sure where this saying comes from or if everyone has heard of this term or if  perhaps he just made it up, however it now gets used in my house quite a bit.

Last night Brylee went to bed around 9:30, it was one of those nights where everything was just running late.  She has a bedtime ritual which includes one television show usually curious george, max and ruby or clifford the big red dog, vitamins, fluoride, brush the teeth and then one book and prayers.  I was rushing her through these motions because she has a tendency to drag them out as loooonnngggg as she can.  I grabbed the book on her night stand and hurried her up into bed.  Well it just so happens the book laying there was  The Happy Birthday Book by Dr.Seuss.  I love Dr.Seuss his made up words and names  remind me of my family.  We have a nickname for everyone and everything and generally they are weird to the outside person but make complete sense to us.

Due to it being so late and the book being longer than usual I started reading as fast as I could to speed it up and to my amazement the faster I read the harder she laughed.  The harder she laughed the harder I laughed until we were both wiping our happy tears and holding sore bellies.  With all the tongue twisting words I did my best to make up keep up the speed between fits of giggles.  It reminded me of that moment back in college with my brother in law.  On a normal night this might not have struck such a funny cord but due to the nature of how late it was I think she was a little overtired.  It felt so good to share this moment with her and I did my best to soak it all in while it lasted.
 
The best part came when the laughter died down and she turned and whispered into my ear " MOMMA YOU MAKE ME SOOO HAPPY"

That is what I live for.