both boys went back to sleep after i woke them up the first time today. how are kids so cute even in their sleep? mornings are not usually a strong suit at our house. we're up early - i usually wake john around 5:30 and charlie around 5:45 - and out the door early, getting in the car by 6:30 at the latest. and we're not what you'd call morning people. but. BUT. today was an awesome morning. everyone was cheerful, the morning went smoothly. while i was getting charlie dressed, john came charging excitedly into his baby brother's room yelling, "mommy! i found my pelican!" some backstory: once upon a time, john caught a stuffed pelican at a mardi gras parade. it was a sad silly pelican that was poorly stuffed and cheaply made. it was fluorescent green and orange. but for some reason he loved it. he fell out of love with it over time, as kids do, and i was pretty sure we had given it to my cousin to throw at another mardi gras parad