How badly do kids want to sleep?

I find it very amusing how children fight the idea of going to sleep yet adults thrive on it (sorry Sheepish it will come back in a natural form). Child 1 thinks the adults have so much fun that it is not fair to be asleep. Child 2 thinks the first time we put them down it is just a trial run. The child will get up and play and then bang on the door SCREAMING for us to come up and try it again. Sometimes we are successful sometimes it takes a dozen more times before success is achieved. Looking at it positively we are successful (sleeping through the night is another story for another time but it will be a good read).

The adults in this household on the otherhand are trying to get to bed as soon as we can. I'm sure I can speak for most parents with children under 18 we haven't had a string of solid nights of sleep in so long that we are prepetually tired so going to sleep is desired not fought. The wife constantly is amazed when I fall asleep with the children and I get myself up after the "catnap" at 8 pm. Unfortunately given the trials and tribulations of CamMad work sometimes has to take priority over sleep (hopefully not too many times during the week).