The other night Ben was upset at both Grace and Eva for teasing him. Although it is done out of love and the fact that they think he is adorable, let's just say he was not in the mood. At dinner he was at his wits end and told the girls that they could not sleep in their room because they keep him up with their talking. I asked Ben where he wanted the girls to sleep and he thought for moment and stated, "the sun." As you can imagine the girls erupted in laughter and told him how they would burn on the sun. Ben then looked right at them and said the moon. I agreed and ordered the girls to sleep on the moon. After the kids had been tucked into their bed and after the girls started to talk instead of go to sleep Ben yelled down the stairs, "Eva and Grace are not sleeping on the moon!" I yelled back up, "I am building the rocket ship it will be done in a little bit." That seemed to appease him and the kids went to bed. That night I photoshopped proof of the girls and their new sleeping location.
Tonight we were getting the kids ready for bed and our routine is the kids get to pick out one book and one song. As I was asking Eva what song she would like. I heard Ben in this deep voice start singing, "do you really want to hurt me?" (for those of you who don't know this is a catchy little tune from the Culture Club) Ben then pretended to sniff as though he was crying and continued in his fake low voice, "do you really want to make me cry." What a character he is. I am sure when some of you read this you are going to ask yourself is this the same boy who is so shy and usually unable to crack a smile when he is given attention? Go figure.
