Woolley Family

We decided that something we had to address with the kids was the fact that Reid was sleeping on Megan's floor on a mattress every night, which meant that neither of them were getting enough sleep. So I took the mattress out of her room one day and hid it in my cupboard, and told Reid he could sleep in his room or the spare room, just not Megan's room. When it came down to it, the only way to get Reid to sleep in a separate room was to lay down in bed with him until he fell asleep. For a few weeks now that's what we've been doing. Overall it is working. Reid is sleeping in a different room, and Megan is getting more sleep. This plan has it's disadvantages though. For one, most nights it's pretty even odds who is going to fall asleep first - him or me. A few nights I have woken up at 9:30pm to find him finally asleep next to me. How I fall asleep I don't know because Reid going to sleep is like a dog going to sleep - how they get up and down and turn a

For Family Home Evening this week we watched the movie Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D. The kids thought it was great fun and especially liked that we all sat down together wearing 3D glasses. There were a few scary bits and Reid did quite a few "jumps", especially during the prehistoric fish parts. They were pretty nasty looking though. Reid spent most of the movie exclaiming that someone threw water at him, or birds were flying out of the TV. I don't think he's seen anything in 3-D before. In all it was a clean family movie and a fun way to spend a Monday evening.