Sharing a Room on Vacation

Olivia will be 4 in October and Emma is 18 months. Olivia has been begging for Emma to sleep in her room basically since she was born. And Emma has been loving Olivia's room recently. We have let them share a room at my parent's lake house - which was hit or miss. Mostly, we worried that Emma's crying would wake O up. 

The first night in Atlanta the girls shared a room and Emma cried on and off the good part of 5 hours. Olivia never woke up, and never heard her. Our fears were unfounded - haha.

So we let them share a room at the beach. This has been hysterical. I'm sure no one is sleeping - but we are all enjoying it.

The first night they giggled a bit, went right to sleep, and in the morning we woke up to more giggles. We came in to find Olivia in Emma's pack and play with her.

The second night we had to ask them to pipe down a few times, and in the morning I found Olivia laying on the foot of the bed, and Emma standing at the edge of her crib both watching Doc McStuffins. Olivia said she had found the remote and turned the tv on for them.

Night 3 Olivia looks at us and says, "Mama, if you hear Emma crying, don't worry, I've got her." SO SWEET - until we realized she didn't want us to come in. 

We heard tons of giggles, a few crashes, saw Olivia sneak out one step, and then sneak right back in, closing the door like she had been caught. I came in to find the TV on, the lights on, and Emma running back and forth with the loud patter of bare feet across the room like a wild alpaca that had gotten loose. She was squealing with delight. I asked Olivia how Emma got out and Olivia said, "I scooted her crib right next to my bed, and then I learned her how to get out." We were DYING laughing. 

After settling them again, and threatening them some, it was pretty quiet until we heard Emma: "ut oh" "ut oh" "mom-eee" "mom-eee" "ut oh". Went in to find Olivia sound asleep, and Emma with 4 pillows piled on her in her crib. Dan set up the go-pro in there before sneaking out to watch some of the madness. Olivia got up, unplugged the go-pro and went straight to sleep.

These girls are up super early and just laughing! We joke that Emma wakes Olivia up and goes "You wanna build a snowman sandcastle?"

These kiddos are too much. I love how much they love each other - even if they aren't getting a ton of sleep on vacation. Maybe, just maybe, they'll be ready to share a room one day.