Winter Mornings

You know, I really hate this winter, it has been cold, miserably cold.  It has snowed like 6 or 7 times at this point, which is a lot more than our once a year dusting.  One of the best things about living in AZ is the fact that 90% of the state has very comfortable winter weather, and that other 10% can be avoided unless you choose to visit.  This has been the most insane winter I remember here, never have we gotten snow more than twice in a season, and that twice is very seldom.  And I cannot remember a time when the snow actually lasted more than a few hours.  We actually had a snow last two days before melting, that is unheard of. 

Now that you know why I do not like this winter, let me tell you the one thing I have liked about it.  The sun coming up later.  I am a night person, it does not seem to matter when I get up, I will not be going to sleep until after 11 at the earliest more often then not.  So the sun coming up later is a real boon for me, not because it wakes me up, but because it wakes up my youngest son.  95% of the time he gets up with the sun, which means as the warmth comes back into our lives this year, he is getting up earlier and earlier, culminating with a month or two of getting up between 5 and 530.  This is completely unacceptable to me, little to no sleep makes for a very moody mama, which does not just effect him but also his brother!  It is already starting, he was up before 730 this morning, sad.

Last summer, we handled this by showing him how to turn on the tv, we would put it on Disney JR, or Sprout, whichever he was in the mood to watch before we went to bed the night before, then he would be happy and get in his tv time before we got up, this year though such a tactic will not work,  the tv needs to be warmed up, with a hair dryer, before it will turn on, seriously, we have to blow the thing for at least 10 minutes through the vents in the back to get it to turn on, it is very frustrating, and that was before I realized that it meant no more sleep for the mom...

Anyways, I am sure that the oldest one is going to be getting up soon, and I have yet to have my caffeine, and the little one keeps bugging me about his game, so I guess it is time for me to wander off!