3:00AM Hide and Seek

About a week ago I went to Arizona for a short vacation to see my mom. Kevin did great, and I had a ton of fun...but that's an entirely different post. When I got back I went right back into my routine of getting up with the girls at night. My first night back this is what happened.

I woke up around 3am and thought I would go check on Ellie and Emma since they had been quiet all night. Sometimes, in my house, being quiet is worse than being loud. Anyways, I got up and walked into the hall. The first thing I spot is the girls door open. I walk over to it and Ellie is standing with her face to the wall. This was our conversation:

"Ellie, what are you doing?"
"Playing Hide and Seek with Emma."
"NOW? It's the middle of the night!!!"
"Emma wanted to play..."
"Where is Emma..."
"She's hiding, silly mommy."

Oh. My. Word. Are you KIDDING me?? So of course I had to find her...Off I go, Ellie trailing behind, doing a mad 3am search for a hiding Emma. I turned on the lights and looked in the bathrooms, living room and bedrooms. No Emma. The only place left was Elana's room. Sure enough, Emma was hiding under Elana's crib. It was a given that she wouldn't want to come out when I found her so, as quietly as I could, I literally had to crawl under the crib and DRAG her out. This was our part of of the conversation:

"Emma, what on earth are you doing?
" I 'iding from stisy."
" I see that, but it's the middle of the night. You can't hide in the middle of the night."
" I 'ide in mommy's room?"
"No you cannot hide in mommy's room."
"I 'ide in my Lana's room?"
"Nope, no more in Lana's room."
"I 'ide in my room?"
"You can hide in your room if you do it in your bed."
"Ok mommy!!"

So off to bed they both went, where Emma plopped down and promptly threw her blankie over her head. I kissed her sheeted head, kissed Ellie and headed towards the door. Just as I was about to close the door Emma popped out from under her blankie and yelled "BOO!"

I shut the door and walked away.