If you're tired, why don't you SLEEP?

Okay, I've talked previously about Jacob's lack of good sleep habits, but seriously, the child is killing me. Today, yet again, he was nice and tired right around afternoon nap time... eye rubs, the whole nine yards. Went down like a dream. And then woke up 30 min. later bright eyed and bushy-tailed. No chance of getting him to sleep a bit longer. Fine. We got up, we played. And then he started rubbing his eyes again. And getting whiny. And becoming increasingly high maintenance. Clearly, he needed more sleep. But bringing him anywhere near his room resulted in the kind of resistance usually associated with cornered animals... or crazy animals. Remember, his sister is trying to sleep right next door (she is, in fact, having a blissful 2 1/2 hour nap, like she always does, because she enjoys sleeping). So we struggle through the afternoon, and then when it's finally time for bed in the evening, he snuggles into his blanket and goes right to sleep. For maybe an hour. And then the bedtime battle begins... (which, incidentally, is why whenever we get a babysitter for a night out, I have to have some bonus money on hand, just in case Jacob decides to be - well, Jacob).