Pam In China

Yesterday, we added another little 2 and a half year old to Swallow's Nest. Her Special Need is deafness. You always hope maybe its not true, but last night she had the ultimate hearing test.

All the children went to bed fairly well and were quiet by 9 pm. The older girls whispered until about 9:45pm, but the babies were sound asleep. Then about midnight, we had a very loud thunderstorm, with lighting and lots of pelting rain. It woke up everyone, except the new girl. She slept through it all.

Once I got everyone quiet and back to sleep (two more in my bed with me besides the new girl), the siren from the fire station up the street went off around 2 am. This woke up another little girl again. She's easy to console, so not a real problem.

The thunderstorm was the type that really doesn't cool things off, just leaves everything much more humid than before. By this time, I couldn't sleep. I was feeling all hot and sweaty. I decided to take a shower at exactly 3:08 am.

To get the most from this post you need to understand the events of the past few months. We have a four year old boy, who each and every time I get into the bathroom (we only have one) he stands at the bathroom door squealing, "Ma, go pee pee!!!" Every time!!!!! (which means he has to go pee, not that I'm in there peeing.)

I kid you not, I get out of bed and he is sound asleep in between two girls. He is very very asleep as the Chinese would say.....I get in the shower and then I hear a desperate cry, with tears and wailing, "Ma, Go Pee Pee, Ma Go Pee Pee!!!!!"