First babysitting gig from our son

Tonight Max lost Spotsie and his other night time snuggle friends because he did not eat his dinner and he really didn't even try. I told him he had to sleep without them and he could get them back if he ate his dinner tomorrow night.

He did not cry, because he knows these are the rules. However, they haven't had to be utilized in a long time. After choosing not to eat his dinner and realizing his punishment was eminent he went about enjoying the evening. You see, Max had a plan. Max asks me "mommy, can my animal sleep with you tonight?"

My response "yes next they can sleep in my room. I'm not sure where they will sleep though."

Ask proceeds to move them entire room and into our bed. He comes back and tells me "mommy you get to sleep with spotty. Daddy gets to sleep with Nikki. And blue Blankey's in the middle."

As we snuggled in my bed with his animals while reading a story before he went to sleep, it became clear that this punishment was okay because the animals wouldn't be sad. Once he saw me snuggling them, he was relieved and with ease he was able to go to bed tonight.

He wanted to know if daddy would be shorter snuggle Nikki the way I was snuggling spots. I told him to go ask daddy and explain his job to him. So Max walked into the other room and proceeded to explain to David that he needed to snuggle Nikki all night long.

I told David we officially have been assigned our first babysitting job from our own children.

Max is such a sweet boy. I love him very much.