Liam has always been a great sleeper. Even when he moved from his crib to his toddler bed he slept well and would not come out of his room even when he woke up. We would have to listen for him and when we heard him rummaging around in his room we would have to go get him. It never occurred to him that he could open the door and walk right out…until last week. That’s right-last week. For the past, almost five years, we have been getting plenty of zzz’s because our kids slept in their beds and didn’t wake us up. Well, Liam discovered that there is no magical forcefield holding him in his room, so he has been coming and going as he pleases. A few nights ago I heard him tiptoeing down the stairs at 3:30 in the morning. I didn’t get out of bed, but I listened to see what in the heck he was doing. When he came back up he told me there wasn’t any Kleenex in his bathroom, so he had to go get some downstairs. The next night he crawled into bed with us at 3:30. He was promptly sent back to his room. So now we have a deal…the deal is that you can wake up whenever you want to and turn on your light and read, but PLEASE don’t wake me up-especially at 3:30!!!
Archive for January 16th 2007
Somebody got big boy furniture today! Yep, that’s right! Colm is sleeping as I type in his big boy bed. He also got a new dresser and a new bedside table. He went right to sleep tonight. I have a feeling the novelty of the new bed will wear off, but so far it is smooth sailing. 
We have pretty much been inside the last few days because of the ice, sleet, snow and COLD! We have played endless games of tag and hide-and-go-seek. We also played a number of games today with a bouncy ball that Colm found. Yesterday we baked an apple cake which turned out super yummy. (It would have been even better if we had had some vanilla ice cream to go with it) and today the boys put on a finger puppet show.
(Thanks for the cool apron Uncle Patrick and Aunt Kate.)