Roommates

This weekend was a big one for our family. Theo moved into the bottom bunk in Jack's room. They have been anticipating this for a while (see previous post -(http://onethumbuponefootdown.blogspot.com/2008/08/brothers.html) and with half-term and Charles not having classes next week, we thought this was a great time to go for it. They were so excited when we announced that we were going to try them in the same room on Friday night.

Happy to report that they did splendidly together. Evidently Jack got up to go to the bathroom around 4 am. We didn't hear him which is unusual. He said that he woke up Theo when he was coming down the ladder but that they both fell back asleep. We closed their door at 7:15 pm and didn't hear from them until 7:00 am so it seemed like a success to us.

Saturday night was fairly good as well. We told them that they were allowed to talk for a few minutes after we closed their door. After we closed their door, we stood outside listening. Complete silence for the first thirty seconds. Then Jack (of course) said, 'Theo do you like sleeping in the bunk bed with me?'. Theo answered 'Dah (code for yes)'. Jack answered with 'me too'. And that was it. No more talking. It almost felt like Jack felt obliged to talk a bit since we gave them permission to. For anyone who knows Jack, you can be sure he didn't want to miss his chance.

Jack did come to our room around 5:30 am and tell me that Theo wanted me. I went to the room and told Theo he needed to go back to sleep. Again, they both did go back to sleep with relative ease. It was funny because later that morning I asked Jack about the wake-up incident. He told me that he heard Theo calling 'Mommy Mommy' so he just said 'Theo do you want me to go get Mommy for you?'. Theo said 'Dah'. So Jack, being the helpful brother, bounded down the top bunk to retrieve me. He has been instructed to tell Theo to go back to sleep next time - (i.e. be a helpful son first, brother second!).

I am sure there will be many hiccups in this process, but we are thankful for two good nights. And even more thankful for brothers who love being together. We pray it will continue their whole life.

Picture beforehand



Video with the roommates



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