“Waiting Is Not Easy”

I wanted to take a second to remember this story because it was soooo funny to me and I don’t want to forget it. Last night, I brought Conor and Caden to the dollar store to have them pick out some presents for their brothers. I gave them each a $5 dollar bill and I told him to look throughout the store for things that they would like for their brothers - NOT themselves. As we were leaving the store, I told the boys we needed to wait for Christmas to open these presents. We were not going to play with them when we got home. I told them that waiting was not fun and that waiting is not easy. Saying these words out loud reminded me of a book called “waiting is not easy”. I told them that we actually owned that book and that later that night I would read that book to them. Hours went by and I started dinner. And then I started bedtime. After they all had a bath, we talked about reading a bedtime story. Typically the boys now read me a short story and then I read one to all of th...