January 12, 2010

I was summonsed to Ben's room at 2:30am yesterday morning. Ben reported there was a dinosaur in his room that was scaring him. This alleged dinosaur surfaces from time to time, if only in Ben's imagination. The dinosaur is usually a stall tactic at bedtime. So, I was curious as to why the dinosaur was present in the middle of the night when everyone should have been sleeping peacefully. I tried to assure Ben there was no dinosaur but he wanted me to stay in his room. I told him I would be right back and returned to my room. I assumed he would fall back asleep and forget about the dinosaur. I'm not sure if it was the guilt of lying to him about coming right back or what, but I was unable to fall back to sleep. Around 4am I decided I was hungry. As I crept past Ben's room on my way to the kitchen, I heard a cute little voice call out, "I'm in here mom!" I was busted. Ben was wide awake in his bed, just lying there looking really cute. Again he asked me to stay but I explained I had to go back to mommy and daddy's room. No snack for me! The next morning he had no recollection of the mystery dinosaur.

Today Ben told me he does not like Chops and that we should take her to his friend Ella's house. I asked why he didn't like her but he had no explaination. I asked if he thought she was cute and he responded yes. I also asked if he had fun playing chase with her and he confirmed that as well. So, not sure what it is he doesn't like about her. Or, more importantly, what Ella did to deserve such a "gift".