Sleeping In

Mr.  Trouble on Feet is great at sleeping in.  Unlike all of his older siblings who were up at the crack of dawn from infancy until the time they started school (when they suddenly wanted to sleep in and had to get up early), Mr. TOF sleeps regularly until 8:00 in the morning.  Sometimes he sleeps until 9:00 even.  I cannot tell you how grateful I am about this.  In the summer, this means that I don’t have to wake anyone up and I don’t have to wake myself up.  Glorious!  Even in the winter, Mr. TOF will keep sleeping despite piano, oboe, trumpet or cello practice before the sun comes up.  He typically wakes up after the middles are already on the bus headed to school, sometimes earlier, but never before breakfast.  Even when he does wake up from the morning commotion, sometimes he chooses to lounge around in his bed.