my sweet kids

I worked this past Sat night, and Joe had to work on Sunday, so I was at home with the kids after a long night. Abby was with my parents, and so I begged Josiah and Aiyana to play quietly upstairs and let me sleep for a bit so that I could get a bit of rest before I had to get up and go get Abby. They were great about it and went about their playing upstairs and I fell into a deep sleep. A little while later I am woken up with Josiah bouncing on my bed saying "mommy, mommy wake up... we have a surprise for you." (I laid there for a minute wondering if I should actually open my eyes for their surprise, because last time they had a "surprise" for me was when they had decided to try to make a volcano out of ginger ale and baking soda all over the kitchen floor...) Anyway, I slowly opened my eyes to find a little tray set up by the bed with a bowl of cereal, a cup of yogurt, a piece of toast and a cup of milk! They had made me breakfast in bed! I almost cried! Then they had made a card that said "Thank you mom for every day from Josiah and Aiyana." Is that not the sweetest thing ever? Josiah sat right next to me and asked me if I was going to eat the cereal and the yogurt. I realized that in their busy preparation time, he hadn't eaten anything, so he "helped" me by eating all my cereal and yogurt and drinking my milk. It was the best breakfast I have ever had.