Slowly by steadily, our addition is coming along. Our crew of Albanians has finally knocked a hole through the wall so we can enter it from inside the house. This means Eva’s bedroom is now a hallway, and last night, we scrambled to find a place for her to sleep.
We ended up putting a mattress on Tyler’s bedroom floor, where she will sleep until her new room is complete. At first, I worried how the two siblings would respond to becoming sudden roommates. Here’s how it unfolded:
6:00: I employ the manpower of a good friend to haul a one-ton, king-sized memory foam mattress into Tyler’s room.
6:30: I reveal their new sleeping quarters to brother and sister. They stare at it. They’re not sure how to go about mending the hole in Eva’s wall.
6:35: The children have discovered that they can climb on Tyler’s dresser and jump into a giant, bouncy trampoline.
6:45: “Mama! Eva and I want to go camping! Can we have a bag of marshmallows?”
7:00: “Mama! We want to go to bed now! We have to go camping NOW!”
7:15: “Can we have a flashlight? We want to count the stars on our ceiling!”
7:30: “We don’t want to brush our teeth. We want to stay in our room!”
7:45: The two have removed their pillow cases from their pillows and placed them over each others’ heads. I wonder if they can laugh and suffocate at the same time.
8:00: Lights out. I kiss my campers goodnight and head downstairs for some peace and quiet.
8:01, as I am halfway down the stairs: “MAMA, GET EVA OUT OF HERE. I WANT MY OWN ROOM BACK!”