Saturday, June 20, 2009

they all rolled over... and one fell off

We have five beds in our house. The kids are not ever allowed to sleep in our bed- ever. (Sometimes if they have a bad dream, we will allow them to lay on the floor in our bedroom :) We have a bed downstairs in the guest room which only gets used if the mattress is pulled into the family room for a party (and of course, when we have guests.) The boys have bunk beds... a twin on top and a full on the bottom. And then there's one in "the baby's" room. The bed will be donated before the baby arrives. Five beds-- plenty of room for everyone. So why is it that my boys sleep on the same mattress EVERY single night? Ben asked me the other day, "Mom, what are we going to do when we have so many kids that we don't fit in one bed?" I laughed and explained that most kids have their OWN beds and don't lay on top of each other when they sleep.

Last night I put them to bed. They each had their own pillow and were spaced quite nicely on the bottom bunk. Somewhere in the middle of the night (I am sure it was right after I tucked them in) they tip-toed into the empty bedroom and fell asleep. This is how I found them in the morning. Looks mighty relaxing. Lucky for me, there was room to crawl into bed next to them and I even had my very own pillow-- with it's own pillowcase. I know they can't be comfortable, but I am pretty sure they stay warm.


And just for the sake of recording-- This morning, Zack took a drink out of a cup that usually holds Aaron's spare change. After his big swig of water, he let out a refreshing, "AHHH. That was good!" When I realized what he was drinking from, I asked him where all the money was. He looked at me and said, "Don't worry about it, mom." I wasn't worried about the mess he made while dumping out the coins, I was just imagining how refreshing that taste of water wasn't. I shall now go wash his mouth out with soap to insure he doesn't die from those nasty germs.

4 comments:

karlin said...

That is so cute!! Just this week Avaree has been sneaking into Weston's room and getting in his crib with him. The problem is they don't sleep, they play (which is the only time they play nice). I don't know what I'm going to do when I combine their rooms which is going to be soon. I'm impressed your boys will go to SLEEP!

Danalin said...

Isn't that what you and your siblings always did? I remember visiting one time and a bunch of your brothers ended up sleeping in the same room/bed and you told me that's how it always was. I thought that was cool that they loved each other that much as teenagers.

Brandon and Lindsay said...

Ethan and Jake do the same thing. They both sleep in Ethan's twin bed, and they are always unconfortable looking and sweating when I go check on them! Whatever works! (Maybe good practice for when they are married, if they marry a huge bed hog!)

Kevin said...

Janny-

Don't count on them ever wanting to have their own beds. Tim, Dave, and I slept in the same bed through high school. Tim and I had a "sleepover" the night before he went into the MTC, and we even joked about sleeping in the same bed when we went on exchanges in MiaoLi - when Tim was 21 and I was 19. Tim has called me over no less than three times since being married. As soon as Rachel plans a night out of town, Tim calls me over for a slumber party.