Elias at dinner tonight: "I'm thankful that Pop's here and for my taco and my water and my plate and my napkin and for Mom's beer and for Pop's beer and for Daddy's..."
Amen.
I wish I could clone myself at night.
One of me could put Olive to bed and the other one could sit on the couch and chill.
Elias is the easy one at bed time now. Slow as molasses at getting his pajamas on and still needs help when he gets his legs stuck in the same hole but once he is up in his bed he's done.
Olive, on the other hand, wants water, and her other baby, and is in the wrong pajamas, and wants no blanket, I mean yes blanket, no blanket, she needs a band-aid, and requests her third made-up story or song, and wants it darker, no lighter, and if I try to leave her room before she's snoring, instant sobs for "Mommy!"
Or quiet whimpers followed by footsteps and the opening of her door.
"Back in bed!"
"I want my Mommy!"
Olive sleeps in a toddler bed with a back board and foot board and complains if her feet touch my legs so I end up half hanging off the bed as we "snuggle."
"Mama, will you nuggle me?" she asks, all sweet and irresistible and then I end up contorted and cramped and making up stories about ride-able giraffes or bears who don't hibernate or the girl who loved purple so much she painted herself violet.
And did I mention the tent?
My brother gave her a bed-tent for Christmas which would be perfect if she slept inside it alone and I didn't have to cram my fearful-of-cramped-spaces self in there with her. But that's not even the worst part. Its trying to sneak out when I think she's finally asleep, moving as if I'm crossing a minefield, a millimeter at a time, holding my breath, only to hear, "Mama nuggle me!"
Yes, Elias, I'm thankful for my beer too.
Good night all.
(Taken in FL at 7:59 A.M.--wouldn't risk taking a photo at night)
My 6 year old still likes a (brief) snuggle and one recent night when I was tired and trying to opt out, he protested, "But Mama, when we snuggle it's like our hearts are kissing!" Guess who got an extra long snuggle that night?
Posted by: danielle in zurich | 03/28/2013 at 06:46 AM
Oh, I would have given him an extra long snuggle that night too:)
Posted by: Christy | 03/28/2013 at 09:51 AM
She looks sweet enough to eat! Wouldn't it be great if all of the crazy" sneak outs" from our kids rooms were caught on tape? I know I would howl at some of my own clumsy attempts. Now I just tell them that I want to go snuggle Daddy! xo.
Posted by: fleming | 03/28/2013 at 07:13 PM
Insert the name Christian for Olive and you are describing my bedtime routine to a T. Without his dad here too much and with trying to move it's compounded. I am so lucky when he's asleep by nine. Casey takes his melatonin and is asleep in ten minutes.
Posted by: Meg | 04/11/2013 at 12:24 PM