He Escapes!!!

Well, once again we have learned that Riley and Simon are two totally different little people. To this day, Riley has never stepped foot out of her bed without one of us going to get her. When she was fifteen months, we moved her into her toddler bed and told her that she is not to get out without mommy or daddy, and like Riley usually does, she listened.....now let's talk about Simon:) Simon has also been in his toddler bed since he was fifteen months, a move Amanda didn't want to do for fear of exactly what's happening. He has figured out that it is easy to escape in the wee hours of the morning. Usually between the hours of 3:30am and 5:00am, we hear a little “hi mommy” coming up from beside our bed. It is especially enjoyable when the sweet “hi mommy” is accompanied by him reaching up into the bed and saying “honk” and pinching Amanda's nose. We have tried to pull him into bed with us to try to get a couple more hours of shut-eye...but.. he likes to jump in our bed--Amanda has resorted on those really early mornings to folding herself in half and lay down in his toddler bed with him. Did we mention that his toddler bed is actually his crib converted down into a small toddler bed. Another favourite time for him to break free is when he is supposed to going to bed...it's a fun game to have your mommy and daddy chase you down the hallway and put you back in bed. We now stay with him in his room until he falls alseep...thankfully, it usually only takes a couple of minutes. This too shall pass....we hope:)