Amanda has been coming into our room in the morning, before I'm really ready to get up, to snuggle. As the middle child (and as the quietest and least demanding of her siblings), she gets all too few moments alone with me, so it is nice. Today she came in as usual, and I tried to get back to sleep for a few more minutes.
One of Amanda's strengths is that she can be still an quiet when asked to, although sometimes she just needs to talk ("Mom, did you know that a mouse has teeth that are so sharp they can bite through your finger? Mom, how do you make air?"). But she whispers, and she will be quiet for a minute or two when you shush her.
She came in this morning, and we snuggled, and then we heard Luke wake up. Amanda agreed that we could invite him in, so she ran to her brother and asked, "We're having a snuggle party. Would you like to come?" Luke agreed, so I got him out of his crib with his 3 friends, and we snuggled. Luke is constitutionally unable to stay still and not fidget if he's awake, so the character changed a bit. I had to keep him from jumping on his sister more than once. His new trick is to "snore" and say "Shhh! I sleeping!" That lasts approximately 15 seconds at the most, and then he starts wiggling again.
After a while, snuggling turned into playing tent, my all time favorite game when I'm tired and cold. We pretended to go camping, we scared away a few bears (including the Luke bear), and then the outside of the tent started shaking. We screamed a bit, but it was just Ella the bobcat, coming in out of the storm. She was playing with her friend Bob the bear, who was outside, but was a friendly bear.
3 kids in the bed is a bit much, so the party ended not long after that. I at least had a good time---I think I'd better be prepared for tomorrow.
One of Amanda's strengths is that she can be still an quiet when asked to, although sometimes she just needs to talk ("Mom, did you know that a mouse has teeth that are so sharp they can bite through your finger? Mom, how do you make air?"). But she whispers, and she will be quiet for a minute or two when you shush her.
She came in this morning, and we snuggled, and then we heard Luke wake up. Amanda agreed that we could invite him in, so she ran to her brother and asked, "We're having a snuggle party. Would you like to come?" Luke agreed, so I got him out of his crib with his 3 friends, and we snuggled. Luke is constitutionally unable to stay still and not fidget if he's awake, so the character changed a bit. I had to keep him from jumping on his sister more than once. His new trick is to "snore" and say "Shhh! I sleeping!" That lasts approximately 15 seconds at the most, and then he starts wiggling again.
After a while, snuggling turned into playing tent, my all time favorite game when I'm tired and cold. We pretended to go camping, we scared away a few bears (including the Luke bear), and then the outside of the tent started shaking. We screamed a bit, but it was just Ella the bobcat, coming in out of the storm. She was playing with her friend Bob the bear, who was outside, but was a friendly bear.
3 kids in the bed is a bit much, so the party ended not long after that. I at least had a good time---I think I'd better be prepared for tomorrow.
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