Sawyer usually goes to bed really well. Tonight was a little out of the ordinary. Long story short, we tucked Sawyer into bed seven times tonight and he kept getting out of bed. He is grounded from a few toys tomorrow for his bad behavior. But . . .
I see these little fingers peeking out from underneath Sawyer’s bedroom door. Since corporal punishment wasn’t working, I decided to lay on the floor in front of his door. When his little fingers popped out again I grabbed them. Sawyer began to giggle. He pulled his fingers away and then stuck them under the door again. I grabbed his fingers again and Sawyer said, “Who is that?” I lowered my voice in disguise and said, “I don’t know. Who do you think it is?” Sawyer said, “I know it’s you, Mommy.” I said, “What are you doing?” Very seriously, Sawyer said, “I’m trapped in here. I can’t get out. Will you save me?” His question made me laugh. It is funny the way children think . . . he is a prisoner and we have ‘trapped’ him in his room. Plus, I’m the enemy . . . like I’m really going to ’save’ him. On the other hand, I’m the mommy and I make everything alright so of course I would be the one to save him.
For a few minutes longer, we continued to giggle as we grabbed each other’s fingers. Then I had to be authoritative again and make him go to bed. Sometimes kids are so gosh darn cute it’s hard to be upset with them.
That’s a cute bedtime story.
I had a odd night with Sophia last night as well. She woke up scared and then wanted me to lay with her. So I did until she fell asleep and then went back to my bed. Later she came in and laid next to me. I woke up so scrunched between her and Jason that I got up and slept in her bed (since it was already like 5:30am and I knew it would wake her up if I tried to move her). It was like we were playing musical beds!
BTW, Sawyer does look very handsome with his new haircut.