Our very own kangaroo...

We have our very own kangaroo...his name is Peter.  Whenever we try to put Peter to bed, he bounces out...over and over and over and over again.  Now I know all of you "non judgmental" moms are thinking, "Oh please, I could solve that problem."  So, rest assured we are working on it.

The other night I put everyone in bed, and then I was sitting in our room, feeding Benjamin to put  him to bed as well.   In 1.2 seconds Peter popped in, and here is how the conversation went over the next few minutes...

Peter:  "Um, mom, I know I'm not suppose to be out of bed, but I have to tell you something."

Me:  "what?"

Peter: "um, um, um, um...now I can't remember.  I'll go think about it and come back."

Me:  "no, why don't you just tell me in the morning."

He goes back to his room for approximately 10 seconds...

Peter:  "oh yeah, I remembered.  Natalie's out of bed."

Me:  "okay, I'll take care of it.  go to bed."

Peter:  "oh wait, no she's not.  she's in her bed."

Me:  "okay, go to bed."

10 seconds later.

Peter:  "hey mom, Luke's already asleep."

Me:  "great, you should be too.  go to bed."

10 seconds later

Peter: "oh wait mom, no he's not asleep.  he might have just been closing his eyes.  maybe he has something in his eye."

Me:  "whatever, I'm sure he's fine.  go to bed."

about 10 seconds later

Peter:  "mom, he doesn't have anything in his eye.  but, he should get in trouble because he said I was annoying and told me to leave him alone. "

Me:  "peter, leave EVERYONE alone and go to bed."

Peter:  "mom, I just checked and Natalie is singing to herself."

Me:  "so?"

Peter:  "she's keeping me awake."

Me:  "PETER..GO TO BED.  if I see you again, your pokemon cards are MINE."

shoulders slump and he walks out of my room.
about 10 seconds later...

Peter:  "mom, you know, it's not very nice to yell at me."

Me:  "Ughhhh, I can't win.  believe me Peter, it's gonna get a lot worse if you don't get in bed."


Let's just say that I ended up with a whole stack of pokemon cards for 24 hours!

love our little kangaroo, but sure wish he'd go to bed!