Sleeping Beauties

When I got home from yoga last night, this is what I found:

Awww...

And then, after talking to Chris for a little while, I went back in and found this:

At this point, I decided to put Bethie in her own bed. I'm not sure that was a good idea, considering how little sleep all six of us got after this. It wasn't the best night. I could describe it to you, in the hopes that the description would put me to sleep for the morning, but I won't because I'm not sure you want to fall asleep reading my blog.

I will just say this, after Beth decided she had tried as hard as humanly possible to get back to sleep (I believe it was about 4:00 a.m.), she asked to watch a movie on the computer. I said no. (That's right, I'm a tough mom.) I think it's a bad habit and plus, I was too tired to go to the effort to get her a movie. She threw a mini-fit and yelled and cried. Yelling and crying seems extra-loud and extra-emotional at 4:00 a.m. Chris said, "Why can't she just watch a movie?" I guess my principles are meaningless when exhaustion is a consideration. So, Chris let her watch Blues Clues on Netflix on the laptop, which is conveniently located on the bedside table next to my head.

I know I fell asleep at some point, but it was a pretty restless sleep, filled with vivid dreams. The only parts of my dream I remember include running with Steve (from Blues Clues) in his green-striped shirt to try to find all the clues to rescue Blue from the bad guys, who included Professor Snape. We looked in the auditorium (what auditorium?) for Blue and everyone held up blue Care Bears (Bedtime Bear, of course) and there was so much blue, we couldn't find Blue. It was like a Where's Waldo page. But we were still on the lookout for clues, and we were still on the run from Professor Snape. I ended up hiding behind a door near the women's restroom. I know this because women kept coming out of the restroom and giving me weird looks. I would signal them, "Shhh," and point to Professor Snape. Everyone seemed to understand that his presence was a good reason for me to hide. In the meantime, Steve (in his green striped shirt) was sitting in the little outdoor cafe with Professor Snape and his friend (also a bad guy). Steve was trying to explain to them the whole concept of finding clues and completing the game. I think it was Blue's birthday and everything.

There are a few other random details from the dream that I can't really explain because I don't know how they fit in the overall story.

Then when I woke up, I was surprised to hear that the Blues Clues episode that was actually playing on the laptop conveniently located near my head was NOT about finding Blue in a mass of blue Care Bears (Bedtime Bear, of course), escaping from Professor Snape, or even Blue's birthday. Ironically, it was about dreams. Apparently, (and this is what Steve was really saying on the episode--not part of my dream), Steve (in his green-striped shirt) teaches preschoolers that they can "do anything they want to do," including changing the scary parts of their dreams into something happy. I think he told someone named Sleeping Beauty that she could change a scary monster into a birthday cake. I'm confused.

I'm a little tired this morning.