Kids never cease to shock and amaze

Today was supposed to be a tough day. Ethan is in a mommy-phase right now where only mommy gets to put him to bed and he gets really upset when Shaena leaves the house. So for that reason; we figured that today and the first few days into Shaena’s trip would be a bit of a nightmare with lots of crying, lots of calling out for mommy and so on. But kids never cease to shock and amaze.

Ethan cried for a little bit after dropping Shaena off at the airport and after that, both boys had a good nap and that was that pretty much it. The rest of the day we’ve been coloring, playing with Play-Doh, watching Top Gun/Andy’s airplanes/Monster Jam, Skypeing … stuff like that.

We then had dinner and a bath and chilled on the couch after Hudson went to bed. Ethan said: “Daddy, cuddle me” and we cuddled. Ethan said: “Daddy, big huuug!” and we hugged. I then said: “Time for bed, Ethan. Would you like to sleep in daddy’s bed?” to hopefully make bedtime a bit easier. Surprisingly, Ethan said: “No, Ethan’s bed!” and marched off to his own bed and laid down.

After a few minutes he sat up suddenly as if he had an idea. “This bed!” he said and pointed. I figured he wanted to sleep in our bed after all and proceeded to pick up his blanket and pillow and was half way out of the room when I realized that he was half way up the bunk bed ladder!

He proceeded to clear the top bunk from toys and stuffed animals and handed me one stuffed animals after the other until the bed was completely empty. He then crawled to the far end of the bed, put his head down, and patted the side of the bed and said: “Daddy, pillow!” and wanted me to crawl up and lay down as well. After a few songs, he was out. It was perfect.