Separation Anxiety (mine)

Thing 1: I like Will's room.

Thing 2: I like Grace's room.

Mommy: Do you really want your own rooms?

Things: YES!!!!!!

Mommy: This is not my decision; it's yours. You talk about it together and tell me what you want to do.

Thing 1: "Thing 2, I need to talk to you. I want my own room. I want a boy room."

Thing 2: "I want my own room too! I want a girl's room! I want to have girly time."

Thing 1: "Are you sure?"

Thing 2: "YES!"

Thing 1: "Are you really, really sure. What if you miss me? If I miss you I will go down the hallway in the dark with bluepuppy and sleep in your bed, okay, Thing 2?"

Thing 2: "I will miss you, but it's okay. I can go to your room and sleep on your trundle bed."

Thing 1: "Are you sure?"

Thing 2: "I'm sure, Thing 1!"

Thing 1: "Are you really, really sure?"

Thing 2: "Yes, I'm sure"

Thing 1: "Then this conversation is over. We will have our own rooms now."


...by 9 p.m. last night, Thing 1 had his own room.