Bed Time

At the condo all of the kids had their own twin beds (four beds in the upstairs loft and two in the room across from the master bedroom) and a crib for the baby. Even though we put the kids to bed in their own beds, we would later peek in to find Jaiden and Josh snuggled up together. Several months ago at home we had these two in bunk beds; but Jaiden would always sneak into bed with Josh (apparently she was afraid to sleep alone). It didn't look too comfortable to have two kids crammed into a twin bed; however, and so when we happened across a killer deal on a brand new King Size bed, we purchased it. Now Janelle, Jaiden, and Josh share the King bed and still have plenty of room. Of course we will have to move kids around when the kids are older, but for now this works out great! When Jenna was born we had moved Janelle up with Janika, but it didn't work out too well because Janika would always stay up late and keep Janelle up. Janika always complained that Janelle would snore and grind her teeth which in turn would keep Janika up at night. Apparently Janelle's snoring/teeth-grinding doesn't bother Josh and Jaiden though. It is nice having Janelle back down with the little kids because then we can put the four youngest to bed early and let the older three stay up later. Although Janelle is always begging to stay up pleading, "But I'm the fourth oldest!!" I pointed out that she is also the fourth youngest! While on vacation, however, she got "big kid" status and stayed up with the older three until way too late every night! I thought it was funny that Jaiden still crawled into bed with Josh while we were here on vacation. So cute!