Little Mia: Always up for a little chat

Mia: "Mommy, I need to tell you something!"

Me: "Mia, go to bed." Maybe that makes me an impatient Mommy, but I just don't think 1:00am is a good time for conversation, especially if it's simply to tell me "something".

Mia: "Mommy, come here. I need to tell you something!"

Me: "Mia. Go. To. Bed."

Mia: "Mommy, I need to tell you something!" (She's persistent, for sure)

This is when Mia was unpleasantly surprised. You see, she had no idea that Daddy was home too.

Daddy: "Mia. Go to sleep!"

Mia: "Never mind!"

And that my friends, pretty well sums up the dynamics of our family. Though I wish Mia had the same response when I told her to go back to bed, I love that we each play an important role in the life of our child.  I'm the softy, at times maybe too soft. Unless it's 1:00 a.m., that is.