It’s never good to hear one of your kids calling your name at 2:30 in the morning. 

And it certainly is not good to hear them say “I am so sorry I peed on the carpet” as soon as they see your face.

And it is even worse when you hear “I don’t know where.  I forget.  But I’ll try and find it with my foot.”

But if you’re going to be stuck looking for a human pee stain on your upstairs rug in the middle of the night, thank goodness it’s for a little girl who tried to change herself and got tangled in her tank top and was so relieved that you weren’t angry with her for peeing on the carpet that in between every comment like:

“Did you find it yet?”

“Why is this soap white?”

“I might have to poop.  Nope I don’t have to poop.  I bet tomorrow I have to poop.”

“Tell me about behaving good and bad again like you did today.”

“Say ‘kids’ not boys and girls.”

“No, ‘kids’ not children.”

“Are your eyes closing?”

“If you were going to paint your nails right now would you use purple or blue polish?”

“Guess what kind of cake Aunt Jenn is going to have for her birthday.”

“I don’t know what kind of cake she’s having.  I just wanted you to guess.”

“Are you sure I have to go to bed and that it’s not morning yet?”

she kept telling you how much she loved you.