What DO You Do With A Kangeroo?

Dear Tante and Oma,

Mama says these naptime diaries might get hard to write, now that I sleep through the night in my own bed in my own room. But she doesn’t know that I have ears like a bat and a memory like an elephant. Nothing in this house gets past me.

Like last week. Big sisser Sabrina was having trouble going to sleep. Mama went in to talk to her.

When Mama and Sisser talk in bed, Sisser likes to ask questions. Sisser asked Mama if she had washed her face. Mama said yes. Sisser put her hand on Mama’s cheek. She likes to do that after Mama washes her face and puts all her creams on. Mama asked, “is my face soft?” Sabrina said, “Yes! You got all the whiskers off!”

A little while later Mama was in bed reading, and Sisser was in bed but wasn’t asleep. She said, “Mama! The timer went off!” Mama said, “OK?” Because really no timer went off. Then Sabrina said, “Mama! It’s time to close your book!”

Sisser thinks the rules apply to everyone. Sisser has a lot to learn.

When Mama really did close her book she went to check on Sisser. Sisser was in bed reading a book. That’s a no-no after lights out. Mama made Sisser put the book away and lay down with her head on the pillow. Then she went back to bed and told Daddy that Sisser was up reading What Do You Do With a Kangaroo?

Daddy mumbled, “You paddle it.”

Love,
Little Linnea