Sweet Dreams

This morning there was a moment when I very much feared that the day was going to begin at 4:30 AM. Impossible! I don't do mornings well in the first place but anything earlier than 6 will inevitably spell nasty mood which yields awful day. So when my toddler started calling for mommy and the baby wanted to nurse I got the three of us snuggled up in the cozy darkness and through some blessed combination of "Abc tickling", nursing and sheer will my dear ones drifted back to sleep. And just before I followed suit I looked at them: the little big girl with curls forever in her eyes, and the newbie sleep-giggling at some secret funny. And I was happy.