A-SLEEEEEEEEEEEP (2nd in a series of 2)

I know, I know the kids have featured quite a bit in my blips recently.
It must be that they actually feature quite a bit in my life.
Who would have thought? Strange realisation...

No matter how much you try to shun them, they are still there.
They don't take hints.
They don't really get the message behind long sulky silences.
They don't pack and leave and get a job.
No, they need you, your attention, your entertainment potential, your lung capacity for blowing balloons and bubbles, your ears to scream in them at close range to see if you'll wince, you ears to hang onto them when they sit on your shoulders, your hair to hang onto it when they sit on your head, your hands for swinging them around, your feet for kicking balls, your strong arms for lifting buckets full of tadpoles, your money for buying lettuce for the tadpoles, and they need it all the time, at short notice, immediately, NOW!

Except when they sleep.

Yesterday's blip was of the early riser.
Today's is of Lizard-Boy, who has not waited for the teenage years to develop an aversion for bed-extraction time.
What a crusade it is every day to get him out of bed for school.

Today I saw the most touching shot of sleeping boys. Red and Mo are fortunate enough to have kids who still look good when they sleep...


Just realised that this time last year I was already yapping on and on about sleep. It's strange how obsessed you get with what you don't have...