I can remember my toddler years and how sleeping was my enemy. I wanted to stay up and experience the mysterious world of adults. I would kick, fight and scream just as long as I can stay up a couple of minutes more. How silly I was when I was 3 because know a nice nap is complete bliss that can make my entire day.
Being young you would always cause your mother frustration from "milk bubbles" to the sudden appearance of various stains on your clothes after lunch and preschool. After school toddlers are always wired up, and full of energy. But there is a point when a kid can just "crash". I complained about my bedtime at 7:00pm up until kindergarten but I now I wish I could have such freedom of sleep. But when I feel my eyes slowly closing I try to hide it. Dozing off I hope my parents don't realize its been my bedtime. When my mom realizes the time and I'm regrettably put to sleep I soon hop out of bed out of protest to spy on my much older sister and my parents. Staying up is okay if you wake up at 10:00 am for preschool to color and draw for a couple hours.
My parents watch PG-13 movies until 10:00pm!! Can you imagine my astonishment. PG-13 movies are no big deal but when I was that young being 13 was like being 20 years old in my eyes. And staying up to 10:00 was unthinkable . Sleep was my enemy because I wanted to be up watching those movies until maybe 12:00. The "adult world" was a magical world and my curious nature at that age drove me to fight sleep a little longer.
Now I am the complete opposite I would love to be able to sleep at 7:00 pm. Now that time is between cheer and meetings for other extracurricular activities. Doing something other than school is fun but tiring. I'm a teenager, sleep is crucial. No one wants to be around a fatigued and irritated teenager. The only thing I could really stay up for is SNL and Football on a normal lazy Saturday. I'm pretty sure at 3 years old I didn't know a show like Saturday Night Live did exist. And Football was too complicated at that time when I didn't know how to count to 50. Waking up for school is also a nightmare because you can never get used to waking up at 6:00 at the crack of dawn.
Thinking back to that time of wonder, my toddler years, I want to go back. How great is it to wake up bright eyed and eager again because anything can make you happy. School was watching "The Land Before Time" and playing in the "kitchen" with plastic pizzas and pizza oven. When your young you want to be adult but when your adult you wish that you had no responsibilities again like a child.
