I am a soft hearted FOOL

Yesterday was an interesting day. I have had a sore throat so we have been having a lot of soup for dinner. Two nights ago we had an awesome minestrone (allrecipes) with cheese ravioli thrown in and last night I had decided to make some carrot ginger soup. This decision was largely based on the fact that I had a ton of fresh ginger. Anyway I read the reviews on the recipe and decided to only put in 1/2 of the ginger since people said it was strong. So after peeling and dicing a ton of veggies I sampled my pureed soup it and it was GROSS! The ginger about knocked me over. So I added more stock, more milk, more cinnamon and finally some sugar and it was still inedible. Stinkin' ginger. So instead we got some fast food, and watched The Blind Side on my bed. The kids were so good and Grace has been having the hardest time going to bed in her room (I think she gets scared)that I let her stay with me to fall asleep. That was where I was a big fool. So after a few hours of playing with mommy's hair and trying to sleep right on mommy, she passes out. Of course at this point John decides he is hungry and wakes up with a scream. John also decided he wanted to snack all night. He would drink two ounces then wake up an hour later a hungry mad beast. This went from 2 AM to 6 AM. Of course when John finally decides to sleep Grace is ready for breakfast. I fear the children are trying to break me with sleep deprivation. I also fear it is working because I made a nice batch of monster cookies for our breakfast!