April 30, 2006
Napping
On Sunday afternoons, the teenagers and kids in the house, already tired from playing music into the early hours of the morning, will play a few hours of ultimate frisbee or basketball in the fresh air, and then come back into the house for food and drink. By late afternoon, I’ll find sleeping bodies all over the place – often on the floor, looking like they were attacked by aliens and just fell limp. The lucky ones get the comfy couch. Skater Boy and Shaggy Hair Boy will burrow into the cushions, putting pillows over their heads to shut out the bright sunlight and sleep there, oblivious, even while people around them are making food, playing the piano, or running the vacuum cleaner. The ability to sleep anywhere any time is a skill that we value in this household.
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I love this picture!
Oh, what I would give to be able to sleep so soundly.
I value my naps much like the boys do. Anytime, anywhere, no matter who's around.
Cool picture
Man, I wish I could get comfortable like that... looks SO inviting!
Heh heh. I value the skill of sleeping anytime very much, too.
What a photo! I love, love, love to nap. One year on Politica's birthday, we had some friends over--pre kids--and rented a movie for after dinner. We all fell asleep. It was one of the best birthdays ever!
What a wonderful picture! I napped this afternoon, too - something I rarely get to do. I can't wait until I have a couch as comfy as your looks.
That picture looks so very familiar. My family also naps like champions.
You're like Norman Rockwell for the 21st Century. New ideals of happiness. And post-nostalgic Americana.
Looks like a deliciously comfy couch. Move over and make room for one more?
I've heard that the saying should not be, "sleep like a baby" but "sleep like a teenager." Sounds and looks like that's true to me! Happy naps to all.
Looks like our house yesterday! Every chair and couch was filled with tired bodies. Siestas, that is just another reason to love spring and summer.
We have the almost same sofa. My seven-year-old grandson likes to put the cushons behind me when he plays video games. My son is like your boys, covers face with cushons to shut out the world, and the baby, he likes to try and move them around to make a stack, which he tries to successfully climb onto. Sometimes, life is just so good, isn't it?
That is a splendid picture.
It looks just so deliciously cozy.
Nobody, I mean NOBODY in my house naps. We have never acquired that skill. If one of my kids is asleep during the day, they're sick. Rainy Sunday afternoons, The Attorney and I always say we're going to nap, but we never do. I'm jealous.
I wish that was me...right now...,
What is this thing called "nap" of which you speak? I know it not.
See? See? I can do that. It's in my blood. So why, WHY, don't my children??
Please tell me they'll grow into it.
Psycho: Oh, my kids NEVER took naps when they were little. The ability to nap came with the onset of puberty.
My debate team would feel very comfortable in your house... they can go from 110% full-speed ahead to sleeping and snoring in nothing flat. They do so anyplace (our apartment, the debate van, the floor of some strange school... ANYPLACE).
It is wonderful that your son's friends feel so comfortable in your home. It says a lot about you and your family.
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