Why Children Don't Like to go to BED!

It dawned on me tonight as it is nearing 10pm & my children are still awake (they are on Spring Break) the reason WHY children don't like to go to bed. My 2 year old, Miranda & the 4 year old, Madigan are the main culprits as they consistently test my patience with their getting out of bed tactics. Morgan & Marina usually giggle & read & talk before heading off to lala land & I like to encourage their interaction, so I usually ignore it for about 10-15 minutes while I'm coaxing the others to sleep. Mitchell is our best sleeper... he walks in his room (usually wearing some form of outerwear, most recently a light jacket, but very often his SnowPants!) lays on his bed & 3 minutes later he is dead to the world. Maverick is following those footsteps as he can sleep through almost anything (including my brother cutting tile with the tile saw right outside his room). Madigan & Miranda are my breaking point, though... While at first I thought they were thinking they were "missing" something by going to sleep, everyone else is going to sleep, too, so in effect there is really no one to play with. Tonight, I came to the conclusion that they are fasinated that I continue to "live" while they are asleep. Last night they asked just to sit on the stair landing & watch me. Tonight they keep asking what I'll be doing while they are sleeping. I keep trying to make it sound really boring, but I must not be good at hiding my excitement of a little "me" time. I hear the little feet on the stairs & undoubtedly, there they are!