Last night we picked up Kiddo pretty late, so she had to basically come in and get ready for bed. Tiny was all wound up that Kiddo had arrived so by the time we had lights out both kids were still wound for sound.
I went into our bedroom and watched the last episode of Unorthodox (sooooo good!) and shut the door so didn’t hear anything further from their room. Seth went downstairs but kept hearing things like little thumping feet on the floor above. And giggling. And laughter.
So he went back upstairs and peered through the cracks in the door (shhhh, the kids don’t yet realize we can see through the closed door!) and saw Kiddo flailing around on the top bunk starkers except for undies (she’d gone to bed clothed) and popping something into her mouth. So he opened the door and asked what was in her mouth. “Gum,” was the answer. He held out his hand and Kiddo guiltily swept a candy pile out from under her pillow and handed it to him. Seth asked if she’d given some to Tiny and the answer was a guilty “yeaaaaah.” Tiny responded by chewing. He then held out his hand again for Kiddo to spit out the gum, but “gulp,” she swallowed it.
Seth came into our bedroom and closed the door behind him with hands full of candy and burst out laughing then described the scene to me. My reaction, between laughs? At least Kiddo was sharing! It’s a sign they were getting along!
Seth went back downstairs and I watched more of my show. Perhaps 20 minutes later Seth was back in the doorway of our bedroom, laughing again. “What now?” I asked. The two kids were still thick as thieves in there apparently. Kiddo had complained loudly enough to be heard over the baby monitor that Tiny kept saying her name over and over, so Seth had gone back up to check on things. This time he found Kiddo hanging over the top bunk talking to Tiny, still starkers, and Tiny giggling uncontrollably in the bottom bunk.
This time Seth bravely asked Kiddo why she was mostly naked, because really, it’s a good question. She replied “My girl parts got hot. You wouldn’t understand. You’re a guy.” He managed not to laugh long enough to give them a stern warning that it was time for sleep, and hastened from the room before the laughter got the best of him.
Things finally got quiet in there around 9:00, two full hours after bedtime, and after about 3 more visits from Seth. I figured (prayed) they would sleep in in the morning. I got up at my usual time of 5:30 and was chilling happily downstairs when 6:15 rolled around and suddenly I had two groggy kids staring at me. So much for sleeping in! They got up an hour earlier than usual! And so much for my morning solitude…
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