sleep deprived

Going on 6 months of no solid sleep at night is taking it's toll and making me a bit loopy. This weekend I was terribly introspective. In some ways it is actually good to be a little bit self analytical, but by Sunday night I was exhausted and sad. I think the sad was just from being tired and having a full on day with the boys.

Church is a good exercise to do, to build the habit with the boys and N. Yet, I keep having to alter my expectations of what my personal church experience is going to be. It's been AGES since I've heard a sermon properly. This use to really frustrate me, but now I've accepted that this is a season. A season of focusing on the children to help them understand and grow in all of the life circumstances that we are going through.

Another tangent. This summer I want to go to the beach lots. I'm wondering though how practical that will be with a 3, 2, and 1 year old. Water safety is the number one question. KCJ, do you use floating devices with your girls? Did you enroll them in water classes? How could I best prepare my boys for water play?