Hey, you guys, my niece Piper is coming down for the weekend!!
I’m meeting my sister for the Piper hand-off Friday morning!
Woo-hoo!
And, apparently, Piper says she’s “so escited because I get to sleep in my balloon bed again!”
Her “balloon bed” is really just a big ol’ inflatable mattress on the floor. Last year, when she came for a visit, she was having sleep issues at home, so MB and I made a huge, HUUUUGE production about inflating the bed in front of her, with a whole lot of “oooh, look at this” and “ooh, look at that” — and then calling it — well, the first silly thing that came into my head, actually — “the balloon bed.”
She loved that thing, “her balloon bed,” you know. And she completely conked out on it every night. Well, I did find her on the floor one night, tangled in her blanket, but she’d obviously slept through her slow slide off the mattress.
And each morning, I’d hear a wee whisper, “Tee Teeee.”
Still asleep. Sorta. She’s crouched next to me on our bed.
“Tee Teeee.”
Not really asleep now.
“Tee Teeee! Wake up.”
Silence. Long plotting silence.
And then — whoosh! — she’d be grabbed and hugged and tickled ’til …. well, ’til she probably couldn’t take it anymore. No telling how long her aunt and uncle could have kept it up.
There’s just no helping it. It’s gotta be done. You understand, I’m sure.
Sneaky tickles are the best. Second only to the screaming giggles of a pounced-upon wee one.
Have a great weekend!
Nothing helps turn a frown upside down faster than a sympathetic ear, a big hug and merciless tickling.
I hope you guys have a great weekend.
Tee tee … hahahaha I love how she calls you that. It’s so cute.
“balloon bed” – nice how we can think of names like that. My folks have the “magic bed” for our kids – basically an uncomfortable hide-a-bed, which they insist on sleeping in. Have a great weekend!
Thanks, guys!
red — Must tell the story some day of how “Tee Tee” came to be. Or maybe I have already. I’m starting to forget my own blog content ….