Go To Bed!

My Mom and Devlin's Mom made some adorable Christmas pillowcases for the kids and by request, we changed their pillowcases to the Christmas pillowcases tonight. Anyhow, I told each of the kids if they got out of bed, or talked, or goofed off, their pillowcase would immediately return to the pillowcase they had on their pillow before the switch.

I put my kids to bed an hour ago. As usual, Maxson and Gwen are off in dream land. They arrive there about 1 minute after their head hits their pillow and I leave the room.

William on the other hand is another story. That kid can never turn his energy off...or shut his brain down. I've been in my room listening to William. He hasn't said a word, but I can hear his mattress squeaking. I keep ignoring it since he's not bothering me and the other kids are asleep. I went in a while ago and he was sitting upright in his bed. I told him to lay down and try to sleep or the next time I came in the pillowcase would be gone. He replied, "I just can't sleep." I said, of course you can't sleep...you need to lay down, not sit up." I still wasn't sure what the squeaking noise was when I left. 15 minutes later...more squeaking. This time, I timed it right and found him doing a handstand with his feet touching the ceiling (he sleeps on the top bunk of the bunk bed). He was caught in the act! So... you guessed it...the pillowcase came off, and he returned to his boring BYU pillowcase. He was heartbroken. But guess what? No more squeaking mattress sounds. However, it has only been 10 minutes....