Sugar Rush

This evening we followed our bedtime routine as usual, lingering a little longer in the bath than usual, but it wasn’t too far past bedtime by the time Nick finished reading books.  Tes got off the couch and I was about to pick up Christian and carry him to bed, when Tessie started jumping up and down like crazy. 

We were mesmerized by Tessie’s energy.  She was running back and forth in the living room, jumping from tile to tile, and dancing her heart out.  Christian was caught up in the fever of the moment, and started jumping and wiggling in Nick’s arms.  I could have sworn that both kids were about to fall asleep, but here they were, bouncing off the walls.

Earlier, Tes announced she had chocolate milk at a friend’s house, so during her pre-bed bonanza, I asked how much she’d had.  “Only three glasses.” she said with a smile.  Nick and I laughed out loud.  Tessie doesn’t have a lot of sugar, for the simple reason that she goes a little bonkers.  Luckily, her sugar rush wore off quickly, and without the dreaded crash and cry.  Finally, we were able to put the kids to bed.  Even though it pushed bed time back a little, her little sugar rush escapade was pretty entertaining, one might even say it was beautiful.