rock-a-bye Jamesy

*artwork by KatieJeanneReim found on Etsy

For some reason James thought it would be LOTS of fun to wake up in the middle of the night and play for a while. No. Longer than "a while"... closer to 4 hours! He talked to himself, found toys to play with, read some books... We tried everything we could think of to get him to settle down. Whatever we tried, James found hilarious. Finally, I just had to sit on the floor next to his bed and watch him until he fell asleep (if I laid down he would jump up and start the craziness again.) Rich and I were exhausted yesterday morning... he got less sleep than I did.

This boy has the silliest sleep/bedtime habits. For instance, when we first got the bunk beds, he thought it was fun to climb up onto the top bunk and fall asleep. We often found him there during nap time.

At bedtime we always put William to sleep first. One night we heard James laughing hysterically. We later found that he would climb up the ladder and beat on William. William is such a heavy sleeper that he would never wake up! James thought it was hilarious to beat on his brother when he was defenseless.

His newest thing is turning on the lights. Again, it's a good thing that William is a heavy sleeper. He used to get whatever he could find to stand on to reach the lights. When we took all those things out of the room, he discovered he could stand on his tiptoes and still reach the switch. He really is too smart for his own good. Most of the time when we open the door to turn the lights off he's on his bed reading books (one of his new loves).

I wonder what he'll come up with next.