Recipe For Sleep

Want your kids to do this?



It's easy. Spend the morning at the pool. Be sure that there are lots of throws into the air and dunkings under water. Keep everyone in constant motion.

Then head to a birthday party. Call ahead to arrange for a bouncy house and a trampoline to be available as the entertainment. Whenever a child runs near you, encourage said child to move onto the jumping item that was just abandoned.

Feeding the children a lunch will help, but is not required. Once you arrive home, simply place children into their beds and quietly close their doors. You'll have three to four hours -- depending upon your child -- to spend reading blogs or taking a bubble bath or whatever you choose. A glass of wine is optional.