Okay, last night when I got home, there were Tim and Julia asleep in the bed in Tim’s room. Asleep!
Since Heidi and Joe went back home, they’ve been camping in their room–that big room below the family room. I hear them at 1 am still laughing and building legos. They’re eating snacks, watching Nickelodeon, no discipline whatsoever.
I have to tell them to get to bed. “You people have to function tomorrow! Good night already!”
But I think they wait until I’m gone and continue the lego party.
Eventually they sleep in a pile of sleeping bags and pillows, then snooze half the morning too.
Well, last night there they were, in a proper bed, lights off, sleeping.
Sleeping! At a normal time!
I asked Jay, “When is Julia ever going to sleep in her own bed? What is her deal?”
Jay laughed, “They came running upstairs about 10:00 and jumped in that bed. Something about a spider.”
A spider. A tiny wisp of an arachnid drove them from the lego party.
His eyes met mine and we knew we were thinking the same thing.
There was devilish laughter.
I told Jay we could be strategically using spiders to our advantage–put one near the Moo Jrs, another one by the scotch tape. Definitely we should put a couple near my personal stash of diet Coke.
We have found their weakness.
love, Val