Musical Beds

As the mother of 4 kiddos under the age of 8, I have taken part in a game called musical beds for several years now. I am actually quite good. As a matter of fact, I can now fall asleep at any time in any place, though I prefer to be somewhat horizontal. My children are aspiring to be musical bed prodigies, for which I am so proud. Occassionally when someone has a pee pee accident in the middle of the night, I tell them to sleep on the couch after changing clothes so I can deal with the sheets in the morning.

The other night my 19 month old daughter woke up at 2 Am. She was pumped up and ready to go the distance. I thought it a good idea to pull her into bed with us in hopes she would fall asleep watching 2 other people sleeping. Ok, it seemed like a brilliant idea at the time. Anyway, she eventually falls asleep and guess what happens next? Yep, I was kicked out of my own bed. Morgan assumed the vertical/horizontal/spread eagle/diagonal position loved by all children. So out to the couch I go because I can sleep anywhere and Morgan apparently has preferences.

I immediately fall asleep on the couch. It isn't my best sleep, but I will take most anything I can get at this point in life. I wake up to sun coming through the blinds and someone poking me (hard) in the forehead. I must be sleeping hard because it takes a minute to understand what is being asked of me by the 7 year old on the other end of the finger and the 4 year old beside her.

"DID YOU PEEPEE ON YOURSELF MOMMY?"

All I could think was God I hope not, but anything is possible these days.