RJ did it

For 3 weeks Snookie had to sleep in the gameroom on the floor (with a blanket, we aren't that mean) because he just couldn't resist playing at bedtime. Not just a little playing, like with his blanket... no he would get out of bed, play in the closet, get under the bunk beds, get Bubba to play with him... and carry on and have a gay old time. So we banished to another room. Three weeks pass, and we decide it is time to move him back into the room with the other two. Friday night was the big night, we had a talk with all three boys about what behavior we expect from them when the lights go out... SLEEP, nothing more nothing less!

Dh and I retreat to our room to enjoy a movie. The movie ends (2 hours later), and we flip on the baby monitor to reassure ourselves that they are in fact asleep... WRONG. Bubba and Austin are having a grand old time playing (did I mention that there isn't a nightlight or anything in there... it is dark). So they receive their punishment and head back to bed. We blame ourselves for not having checked on them earlier... letting it go for 2 hours allowed them to get all worked up!

Saturday night, as we put them to bed we again remind them of the consequences they received the night before... and that they probably don't want to have that happen again, turn on the monitor in their room, tuck everyone in, and head back to our room. We check on them every few minutes with our end of the monitor... 20 minutes after bedtime is when we hear it. We aren't sure what we are hearing, but we know they (Snookie and Bubba) aren't asleep. DH stealthly sneaks down the hall (I stay in the room, I am foaming at the mouth in anger that they would do it again) and when he gets down to their room he sees light coming from under their door. He swings the door open to find Snookie and Bubba in the midst of playing, and a lamp on. Again, we don't have a night light or anything in that room... BECAUSE THEY MOST DEFINITELY WILL PLAY IF THEY CAN SEE EACH OTHER.

DH asked how the light got turned on... Bubba said and I quote: "RJ DID IT". (Backstory, they just saw the movie Over the Hedge, and RJ is the lead character who gets into a lot of perdicaments).

Oh yes he did... turns out that RJ in fact did not do it... it was Bubba who got out of bed and turned it on, probably to find a toy or something to play with...

Two nights in a row... after three weeks of being separated for this very activity. What are we going to do about it... well Sunday night, Bobcat went to bed while Bubba and Snookie went ahead and did about 10 minutes of jumping jacks before they hit the sack. A little preview for what would happen if they did it again... for the third night.

Luckily they were able to fall asleep soon after lights were out and we had no problems.

Do I think this is the end of our night trouble, NOPE!