I’ve had some long weekends, with a significant amount of time spent outside. There have been warm summer days when I have run a few miles, mow the lawn and do some yard work. None of this is to brag or complain. I’m young enough that I can still do it all on the same day, most of the time.
Now. When I get inside I may struggle a bit to keep my eyes open. It’s a long day and if I’m on the couch after all is said and done, I might rest my eyes for a moment. But I do so with caution. Enter Jamie.
A few months back, he learned a new game. “Sleeping” is what it’s called. Want to know how to play? When someone’s eyes close, or they let out a fake snore, you yell and scream their name as loud as possible. Sounds fun, right?
“Daddy sleeping!!!” he yells. This means it’s daddy’s turn to shut his eyes and fake snore for the next few seconds. Then, my (not so) stealth son creeps up close and yells your name. Next, he may ask the next person in the room for sleeping, and it’s their turn to roll their head onto their shoulder and snore it up.
He used to hit the sleeper at the same time, but we nixed that behavior, thinking we were thwarting any possible future issues with this game.
Then we kept playing. It really is a great game. There is laughter, and fun had by all.
He’s shown interest in family members who are really sleeping, but so far we have been there to thwart his efforts in this direction. The game is played on.
Until one day, someone really sleeping is going to jump through the front room ceiling, and it will probably be me. I haven’t fully let my guard down yet after one of my long outside days, but it is coming. And when I do, there is going to be a tiny 2-year-old with a monster voice, and he will be hunting daddy.
I will learn to sleep with one eye open.
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