“I need my car vitamin,” I heard the other morning as I lifted my still half asleep eyes towards the bedside clock.
5:36am. Argh.
“No vitamin yet Daniel, your clock hasn’t turned green. You know you’re supposed to stay in your room until your clock turns green. It’s not 6 yet.” I told him as my head settled back onto my warm, soft pillow.
“NOOOOOOOOO I WANT TO GET UP!!!!!!!!” He screamed as he threw himself backwards on the bed.
Despite my half asleep brain fog, I knew a change in tactics was needed. I had to outsmart the 2 year old.
“Daniel, it’s still night; it’s still sleep time. Lay down and go to sleep.” So what if it was morning, Daniel didn’t need to know that. I would have made him go back to his room, but I didn’t want him to wake Hannah up.
My quick thinking did the trick and Daniel’s whinging immediately stopped as he thought about my words. He wriggled himself under the blankets and laid his head on edge of my pillow.
A few minutes later, a whisper accompanied by a dim light moved around the house. “Daniel? Daniel?” Hannah was looking for him. She tip toed to the bathroom, the dining room, and the living room, quietly calling Daniel’s name. I thought she would come in Aaron’s and my bedroom, but after checking everywhere else, the still dark morning returned to silence.
I thought she’d gone back to bed until I heard her soft footsteps coming towards our room.
“Hannah. Hannah.” I whispered.
The footsteps stopped, but I received no answer.
“It’s ok, you can come in.” I told her. She quickly came to the bed and got under the covers.
“I was looking for Daniel,” she told me “he escaped from our room.”
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Well written – it is fun to remember those days of small children and not enough sleep, shared pillows and stifled giggles (musn’t let the little ones know how funny they are). Enjoyed this.