From a note by Matt:
One of life’s great pleasures, especially if you don’t do it every day, is rocking a little kid to sleep. Most weekends, I get to attempt this feat with Carmen. Today seemed to be a success, and I walked upstairs after laying Carmen down onto the bed.
Two minutes later, I hear some thumps and see Carmen walking up the steps. At the top of the stairwell she makes the following little speech, with no prompting:
I asked the bunk bed and I said, ‘Bunk bed, do you want me to sleep a short time or a long time?’
And it said, ‘A short time.’
And so I did, and that’s why I woke up.
Can I have a snack?
3 responses so far ↓
1 Grandma Jan // Apr 25, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Maybe you ought to put a recording under the bunk bed that tells Carmen she needs to sleep for a long time.
Carmen’s pretty sharp. It will be difficult to outsmart her.
2 Andy Lee // May 4, 2009 at 6:42 am
oh my goodness! That child is astonishing! You will, some day, be very appreciative of her – right now? Just getting some sleep around her is a challenge! HUGS!
3 J. // May 4, 2009 at 7:05 am
I like how she blamed her lack of sleep on the bed and didn’t even bother with a proper segue before asking for a snack . . .
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