It's Finally Happened

Well folks, the kids are finally, officially, for the long term, sharing a room.

As our full May approached, Darren and I looked forward to our guests but dreaded the inevitable loss of sleep that always resulted when Loud Luci moved out of her room and into Jesse's. At bedtime, she would do every song and dance to ward off sleep and to have us waiting on her and losing our tempers. This behavior also annoyed Jesse who just wanted to drift off into dreamland as he sucked his fingers. And just as we thought we'd left the misery of the night behind, Luci would do her typical LOUD morning wake-up call around 6, once again annoying everyone else. Give us a few nights of this and Darren and I are very tired and annoyed with our high maintenance daughter.

But truly after some great company (both sets of Grandparents and Rex and Connie Kennemer), lots of practice, and a bit of maturing, Luci is proud to be sleeping like a big girl with Jesse and can be coaxed (a.k.a. threatened) into behaving tolerably. It was cute to see how excited she was to return to bed every night in Jesse's room. And now, though the system is not without a few little kinks, I am happy to report that the kids are sharing a room quite well.

Perhaps Jesse should be given some credit. One morning (at 6:45) when Luci was repeatedly yelling my name and Jesse's, Jesse yelled back at her, "Luci! Do you want to grow? Do you want to grow? Then you have to sleep or you won't grow!" This went on for 5 minutes until Luci sheepishly said yes.