i don't have kids that say funny things, but i do have ben. he says funny things when he's awake, but even funnier things when he *thinks* he's awake.
lately, i've been staying up with the lamp on to read so i've been wide awake for these encounters. ben claims it's comforting to fall asleep with the light on, but i wonder if he doesn't sleep quite as well because he seems to sleep more "actively" when it's light. on this particular night, a while after he'd fallen asleep, ben lifted his head off the pillow a few inches and raised his arm straight in the air, moving it from side to side.
a: what are you doing?b: mbfflmbelmmbbbffflelma: what?b: i'm just making sure none of this stuff slides around.a: oh. are you awake?*b: <chuckles as if this is a silly question and nods assuredly>a. where are you?b: at the firm.a: <very much amused> honey, we're in bed. there's nothing up there but air. are you sure you're awake?b: <again, laughs as if this is a silly quesiton, rolls over and settles deeper into sleep>
a few weeks before that, he tried to steal my covers, claiming he "needed the documents."
riiiiiight.
*it took me a while to learn that he will always answer "yes" when asked if he's awake, but i still ask anyway.
