I get in trouble for this every Summer… but here is why I do it.

I let the kids sleep in. In fact, I let the kids sleep in right up to lunchtime. My husband grows cross with me, he says that I’m lazy for not waking them up, and that it is bad to let them sleep, but honestly when they are asleep it is the only time I have.

It is the only time the house is quiet. It is the only time I can clean up a mess, without it immediately being destroyed. It is the only time they aren’t bored, fighting, and eating everything in the kitchen. It is the only time that I can complete a task, or drink a cup of coffee, or complete a thought.

For three full months it is the only time that I have a moment to myself.

So I let them sleep.