Maddie's Pink Light

Pictures like this from the Japan Meteorological Agency make Maddie wake up at 2 a.m. screaming SCARY at the top of her lungs! Unfortunately, Maddie lives on the weathered side of the house. All of the wind and all of the rain that comes in from White Dragon Bay slams against Maddie's outer wall and makes the siding on the house simply shake. She ran out of her room refusing to go back inside and was in downright hysterics, but I convinced her to show me the "scary" stuff. She pointed to the monster in the wall and I explained that it was just the wind, but honestly, I wouldn't have believed me either at her age. So... we decided the monster was really tap dancing! After a few giggles... we turned on all of Maddie's favorite lights.



We pulled out this lovely pink light from Ikea - Maddie's favorite color seemed to make her consider the thought of staying in her bedroom.









Her second favorite night light is the hello kitty plug-in that I bought in Jingdezhen last May. Now she pondered staying in her room for the night.







The clincher was the sparkly night light. Between the tap dancing monster and her favorite three night lights - she said her thanks and told me to go to bed!! Not bad for a mere 20 minutes of considering and pondering!!!!