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!”