Eli 4.0 Sleeps In
Eli 4.0 woke up at 6:00 Sunday morning. He came down and woke us up."Daddy, do you want to go back to my room with me?"
"Sure," I said.
"We'll sleep on the floor," he said.
Sure we will.
Here's an exact transcript of our conversation, after we'd gotten blankets and pillows arranged on the floor of his room.
[We lie down. Five seconds pass.]
"Daddy?"
"Yeah, buddy."
"I'm going to switch my covers."
"You are?"
"Yeah. The bottom cover is longer, so if I make it my blanket and make the blanket my sheet, my feet won't stick out."
"Okay."
[Several minutes of cover-rearranging later, we lie down again. Five seconds pass.]
"Daddy?"
"Yeah, buddy."
"I just need to do ONE more thing."
"What?"
"I need to make my command center into a robot."
"Let's do that after we get up."
"It'll just take a minute."
"I know. But it's still dark outside."
"Okay, Daddy."
[Five seconds pass.]
"Daddy?"
"Yeah, buddy."
"I can't really go to sleep without a little animal. Is my rabbit on the bed?"
"I don't see it."
"I'll get it, Daddy. You stay there and get some rest."
[Several minutes of stuffed animal selection follow.]
"I'll use this Shamu, Daddy. It's nice and soft."
"Okay, buddy."
"Now I'm REALLY READY to go to sleep," says Eli 4.0.
[Five seconds pass.]
"Daddy, can we get up now?
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