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I'm not going to lie.....it hasn't been the greatest week at the Morris house. Ear infections and a bad case of croup pretty much sums it up. Poor Tanner has had it the worst, and the arctic Iowa temp. that rolled in this week, hasn't really helped too much either. Every year at this time, I think to myself....NO!!!! Not another freezing, bone chilling, windy, icestormy (is that a real word??) Winter! But it has come upon us. And then I ask myself--why does it seem like my kids are sick all winter long???

My kids share a room. And oh how I wished that it wasn' t the case. I shared a room with my sister until I was almost 17--can you believe it!! If we made it through Jr. High and High School years together and managed not to kill each other-- then we pretty much can overcome anything!! (good times sister, good times) haha! So obviously my parents seemed to be fine and dandy with all of us kids sharing rooms together growing up--so then what's my problem??

I will tell you. Tanner is over a year old now--so I think we have had more than enough time to adjust and get used to the boys sharing a room. At first it was tricky trying to get them both to bed at night, without one of them waking the other one up. It took a lot of patience (which happens to run very low at the end of a long day.) And many nights of Steve and I taking turns sitting in their room to "monitor." But eventually we came up with a brilliant way to get them to bed each night, with very little trouble. So that problem is solved at least for now. So now on to problem two. The current situation, involes a party in Hunter and Tanner's room every night at 4 am. Yep-- every night the boys wake up, turn on the lights, jump up and down, and party like its 1999. Every night this past week, the "party" has taken place. The only difference has been an occasional 2am or 3am time change--just to keep things interesting!!

So right now, I am at a total loss on how to fix this current problem, that only seems to occur when siblings share a room. I have never been one to have my kids sleep in our bed at night. First of all, its a Queen sized bed. (Not meant for >2 occupants) And in my opinion, not a great habit to have the kids get accustomed to. So what it has come to now, is that none of us get any sleep. I have to take Hunter out of the room, so Tanner can eventually fall back asleep (which I've come to learn... can take awhile.) So then I am stuck with a wired 3 yd old all to myself at 4am. AHH! Steve has to be up at 5:30- 6am for rotations, so he can't very well be up with him. I would be fine and not complaining so much if it hadn't happened every night this past week. I swear this is so much worse than adjusting to a newborn baby. Trust me, I've had two of them so I know the meaning of-- sleep deprivation. I know there isn't really anything to do--but if anyone out there has had a similar situation with their kids, I am very open to suggestions. And NO we don't give our kids a great big diet coke and tons of sugar right before they go to bed--so that's not the problem.

I won't end on a completely negative note. I honestly feel bad even complaining about this. But wow has it been one crappy week. Things are looking better already in the "sick department" at our house. (Tanner is getting his "sparkle" back, so don't worry dad.) But if I can just figure out a way to get more than 4 hrs of sleep at night, and put an end to the late night partying going on next door--then I'll be good to go. So, because I have been cooped up all week with sick boys, and the weather being so cold, I was really craving some delicious homemade buttery rolls. I have never made "homemade" rolls in my life, and figured now was as good of a time as any to give it a try. So thanks Brittany for posting such an awesome recipe. They were D.I.V.I.N.E!!