all dressed up and nowhere to go

Eden didn't have a nap yesterday.

We had some of our extended family over for breakfast that lasted until 3:00 in the afternoon, it was that good.

Afterward, we squeezed in a little birthday party prep, a holiday movie and dinner before bedtime. Nobody took the time to force our toddler to get the sleep she so desperately needed.

So, she fell asleep fairly quickly giving me time to fold laundry and movie watch with husband. But as often happens when my little ones are over tired, after a couple of hours Eden was mostly awake again... and ready to party? She found her red sparkly shoes and came down the stairs telling Daddy to take her to the party. She stood at the front door asking for her hat at eleven o'clock at night.

We played along for a little while trying to delay the inevitable and irrational disappointment she would surely express. Once I took her back to bed she cried and cried about going to the party, then fell asleep, sparkly shoes and all.