Typically the bedtime rituals of our toddler include the usual things; bath, milk, teeth cleaning and stories. However a period of playing is often followed by a request to go downstairs because of monsters/dragons/crocodiles. Mass hysteria ultimately results in POD coming downstairs to calm down. Which she does very swiftly. Funny that.
Tonight was different. She was so exhausted from playing in the garden all day, she went straight to sleep. We didn’t hear a peep out of her until she had a coughing fit at 11.30pm which woke her up. Clearly disorientated I took her downstairs to calm her as I was up and The POD Father was asleep.
After screams of “my eyes Mummy, my eyes. I can’t see”, I turned the lights off and we used my laptop as a beacon until she became accustomed to light. I said we’d have 5 minutes then we’d go back to bed.
“I do bus jigsaw” Alright then we’re going to bed
“Mummy Mummy I’ve finished” [jumps up and down, claps hands] Well done
“Mummy there’s Daddy. He’s on the bus” [kneels down, points at jigsaw]
“There’s a baby. Goo, goo, goo, goo”
“Mummy I do anoder jigsaw. I do bears” Quickly then we’ll go to bed
“Mummy look I do bears, they have eyes” They do, well done
“Mummy do you want a cup of tea and a biscuit?” Erm, yes please [pours pretend tea into plastic cup then puts set away]
“I do an-am-an-als jigsaw” No come on it’s bedtime now
“Nooo just quickly purr-lease Mummy, purr-lease” If you’re very quick
“Mummy there’s a snake by the door” Erm what?
“Funny” Hilarious
“Look Mummy I’m a bird” [flaps arms at speed]
“Cocka-dooda-doo, I’m a chicken. Be quiet, you’ll wake up Daddy” [talks to self in third person]
“D-a-d-d-y, D-a-d-d-y” Shh no shouting, you’ll wake him up
“Look Mummy a pot-tay-to. The chicken has a pot-tay-to” No there’s an egg on the jigsaw, it does look like a potato
“Pot-tay-to, pot-tay-to, pot-tay-to” Come on, bedtime
“I just finish jigsaw” Ok do the chickens then bed
“Where’s that piece Mummy?” I don’t know, is it under the chair?
“I sit on it, I sit on it! I’m sitting on a chicken. Cocka-dooda-doo”
“There we go. All done. Look Mummy look” That’s brilliant, now let’s go to bed
“We go to the Elf Farm, the Elf Farm, the Elf Farm”
I’m not quite sure what happened in his half hour of utter mayhem but it was incredibly funny. We’re linking this post up with Wot So Funee? over at Actually Mummy. If you’d like to join in, click on the badge below.
I presume she means the Health Farm? Which is no doubt where you’ll need to go to recover from these late night shenanigans. Either that or the funny farm 😉
She must mean health farm surely?! That is exactly where I need to be. For a week at least 🙂
It’s so reassuring to read posts like this one of yours, it makes what goes on in our house at our three year old’s bedtime seem more normal. So glad we aren’t the only ones who have crazy bedtime capers!! Thank you!
That makes me feel so much better too Luci. I thought it was just ours behaving like a lunatic at bedtime 🙂
FAB post………… I have had nights like this and sometimes…………….. just sometimes………. I kinda miss them x
Thanks Cathie, I’m happy to share my nightly shenanigans with you! It was hilarious and really shouldn’t have been. The highlight was the impression of a bird. I have never seen her arms flap so fast 🙂
so adorable! I remember J waking up one night and staying awake ALL night doing things like drawing and colouring. To this day, I still don’t know quite how he managed it – I can’t even manage to stay up that long. x
All night, oh my goodness. Mind you I think POD would have been up for a while given the opportunity 🙂
Aww! Adorable!! So glad I’m not the only one who’s had nights like that…lol
Thanks Kim, that makes me feel so much better 🙂
These 30mins can often turn into 2hours… or is that just in my home? What a fun post…
They so can! She’s turning into the master of delaying tactics but we’re onto her 🙂
Ah, we’ve all had nights like that haven’t we?! Brilliant – expert delaying tactics 🙂
We so have Sara. She takes forever to go to sleep at the moment 🙂
And I thought my two were the masters in delay tactics! Priceless.
I’m sure they’re all the same. She thinks she’s a master at it 🙂
Hehe Are you sure you don’t have my Z there? He LOVES jugsaws at the moment and last night it was jigsaw after jigsaw, then he sang all the verses of wheels on the bus and then he kept asking for milk knowing that would mean I need to go downstairs and he could leg it! So cute though!
They sound SO alike! POD’s exactly the same, she’ll quite happily do six jigsaws in one sitting. She clearly has us sussed when it comes to getting downstairs. She’s hilarious though 🙂
So funny! What a lovely cheeky POD and quite the negotiator by all accounts – I wonder who she gets that from! 🙂 x C
She’s hilarious – clearly knows how to push our buttons too. We’re onto her though you know. Hope you’re good lovely. We’ll see you for Ruben’s xxx
Heh heh – see if you had half an hour conversation like that with me we’d both be certified! Great the thigns they come out with isn’t it? And cool that she can read back about it when she’s older and giggle along 🙂
You’re so right, it was the most bizzare conversation. Very funny though, they are super cool. I love that it’s written down 🙂
Haha, I love the stuff they come out with sometimes, though I don’t envy you having it at 11o’clock at night! Popping over from PoCoLo 🙂
They’re hilarious aren’t they – she keeps me entertained 🙂