A boy and his books...

Tonight we had our most comedic bedtime moment :-) But first, a little bedtime background. While Matthew loves to cart "affe", "roar", "fish", "bear", and a zillion books up to his room at bedtime, he very rarely will allow anyone/anything but Teddy to actually be in the bed when it's time to go to sleep. On rare occasions he likes to sleep with a ball and sometimes he likes to look at a book (but he is specific about which book that can be - the book varies) as he drifts off. Also, if he gets out of bed it is only to go directly to the gate and call for either Mama or Daddy to come back. Even this isn't that often. The boy rarely gets out of bed. Even when he wakes up in the morning we always find him still in bed waiting for us.

Anyways, as Chad was finishing with bedtime stories I settled into the tub. Usually I would hear Matthew gibbering away for a while until he fell asleep, but tonight was oddly quiet - I thought it was nice. About 15 minutes later I start hearing these little thumps, that sound like they're coming from Matthew's room (his room backs onto our ensuite), but I don't hear his voice so I think it must be Chad. Another few minutes go by with the noises and I'm beginning to wonder what's going on. I then hear "Mama" followed by the distinct sound of toddler feet running. I'm envisioning that he has knocked over the gate, is hurt, or is ready to pummle down the stairs (he is very careful on the stairs, but still the thought crossed my mind).

I get out of the tub as fast as a very pregnant woman can (not very) and race (err, waddle) to his room, just as Chad gets up the stairs. He gets to the doorway first and smiles, then points to Matthew who is sitting by his bookshelf trying to get a book off the shelf unsuccessfully. I smile and am relieved. Then Chad says "look at his bed". And on his bed is about 20 of his books. We couldn't help but laugh, as he is just sitting on his floor as if this is what he does every night. It would have taken him many, many trips to get all those books to his bed, I can't believe how quietly he did it, and that he didn't talk and give himself away :-)

Well, Chad and him cleaned up the books and Matthew was allowed to choose one book for bed. Bob's Busy Saw was the winner and I am happy to say that he is in bed and quiet...or so I think :-) Unfortunately the camera needs batteries so I missed the Kodak moment.