Slumber party

Thursday night Maya went to bed in tears because she wanted to sleep with Alex. We knew it wouldn't last all night and would mean it would take extra time to fall asleep so I said they couldn't sleep together on a school night.

They are smart kids. Bedtime comes around Friday night and Alex asks right away - NOW can we have a sleepover together because tomorrow is Saturday and there is no school?

We tucked them into Maya's bed. Alex read Maya some stories and they turned out the light and turned on a little lamp. I turned on the monitor and sat downstairs listening to the whispering. It was very cute. After a while I went up and reminded them we had a sledding party the next day and they did actually need to sleep.

A little while later I hear footsteps out of the bed so I went back up and they were out of bed to turn the lamp off - ok, so I gave them the final warning. If I have to come up again then we'll have to do separate beds so everyone gets enough sleep.

For the next few minutes I hear whispering like crazy on the monitor with Alex saying "no Maya don't talk, if she has to come up again we'll get put in separate beds!"

Then quiet......

and when I went up to check the above picture is what I found.

It lasted until about 10:45 when I heard Maya crying and yelling at Alex. I went up to find Alex sitting upright in bed but NOT awake. Maya was yelling at him to pass her her water bottle. He was asleep so he was not passing the water bottle. Maya was really, really mad that "he won't give me my water bottle" and could not understand that although he was sitting up he was still asleep.

So I carried Alex to his bed and got Maya her water and settled her down.

Neither of them remember this whole episode this morning. They wanted to know why they were in separate beds.

Oh well, it was worth a shot!