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!!!!

And She Sleeps...

It has been a week since I've written in Maddie's blog - we've been busy. I think because it gets dark soooooo late (9:30), I find that the day just isn't long enough. I usually blog at night when Maddie goes to sleep. Sleep has not been plentiful for Maddie and she needs it. She'll not be a happy camper when she's older and realizes that I snapped this candid moment and posted it to her blog! Had to do it Maddie!!

Maddie and I have something in common right now though! I'm sleeping even less than she is simply because of my back! Sheesh - this pregnancy thing was much more novel the first time around. Look at this picture and SEE how huge I am - doesn't it look like my back would hurt? :)

We're all so happy in our new home (especially Maddie with her bunk beds) and we're really not ready to head back to Shanghai... I feel like we just got back to the States a few weeks ago. Perhaps it's time though to head back... perhaps.