Life Is Great When You Don't Know Any Different

The night of the Daddy Daughter Dance, John and I had our nice dinner at the Japanese steakhouse, then came home for dessert and fun.  We had borrowed a wii, and John was really excited (as was I), but unfortunately it was missing a critical piece and we couldn't use it.  He was very gracious, and I promised him we'd borrow all the pieces some other time.  We watched some TV, then I had to send him to bed fairly early.  He and Buck left really early the next morning for the Georgia mountains.  Buck was leading worship at the middle school church retreat and took John along.  They had a really special time bonding.  Anyway, my cute story is this.  Since John had to go to bed fairly early, and Buck had to tear down after the dance and didn't get the girls home until really late, John was the only one in his room.  Currently John, Eve, and Ellie share a room.  They love it, and it only rarely causes trouble.  I think it's given them a special bond.  In fact, I know it has because not knowing any other way of life, John came out of his room after a few minutes and said, "Mom, there's nobody in my room to keep me company."  Now, understand, John is the one that most always dutifully goes to sleep, and he was really excited about the retreat, so it wasn't a stalling tactic.  He wasn't looking for anyone to chat with either.  He just missed having their presence in the room. I assured him they'd be in shortly, and he managed to get to sleep just fine.  I thought it was so sweet.