A Georgia Girl in Germany

During the weekends and other non-school nights, I will often let one of the kids sleep with me. MacKenzie requests this honor more than the boys, and understands that on “boy nights” she has to be discreet and wait to see if either of them asks first. (We divide days into “girl days” and “boy days” around here. Both boys were born on even-numbered days, and MacKenzie was born on an odd-numbered day, so that’s how we decide who gets to do certain things, from saying the prayer at supper time and having the same colored cup as Mommy to -- you guessed it -- sleeping with me.)

Since they didn’t have school on Friday, we had three eligible nights this weekend...and MacKenzie took advantage of all of them! If you look closely, you can see that she’s trying to take over my bed. She’s lying on her Tinkerbell blanket and has long-time companion, Darby, wrapped in a pink blanket beside her; her reindeer friend, Dasher, by her head; Little Darb, wrapped in the light pink blanket, on the pillow above her, Big Darb curled up inside a make-shift dog bed (a decorated pillow case) on the night stand beside her; her robe at the foot of the bed and her nighttime water bottle in the windowsill. Fortunately, she’s usually a good bed-fellow, and only occasionally takes over my side of the bed or sticks a foot in my side.

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