My previous blog about our life here in China entitled DAYS OF OUR WEEK, I mentioned that we have different bedtime schedule and that defines who sleeps with who and in which room. After a month, we decided to have them changed due to factors like school is about to open and EJ has to sleep early, the bed is too small to fit the 4 of us (that’s because Joey gets half the space and the 3 of us share the other half!), and if super tired, my ears cannot tolerate Joey and EJ snoring at the same time! So we, EJ and I, did a draft one afternoon and had his papa approved it. So here’s the revised schedule:
Monday and Tuesday – Meimei with Mama and Papa ; EJ in his room
Wednesday – Papa’s night off (would you believe that! he has his OWN night off! Joey kept on complaining it’s “gutok” whenever the 4 or even the 3 of us sleep together, so EJ came up with this idea to give his papa a night off so he can have the bed for himself! Joey is sooooo excited with this schedule!)
Thursday – Half and Half (when EJ falls asleep, I can go out and sleep in his papa’s room. But while he’s awake, I have to stay beside him. Half of the time I’m with him in his room, half of the time with his papa and Meimei in our room)
Friday and Saturday – 4 in 1 (the 4 of us sleep in our room… but sometimes it’s 2 + 2 or 3 + 1. 2 + 2 mean EJ and papa in the floor foam , mama and Meimei in the bed. 3 + 1 is papa on the floor and the 3 of us in the bed. ) See the picture. That’s how it looks like Fridays and Saturdays. The net really keeps the mosquitoes away!
4 in 1 set-up
Sunday – Mama and Papa’s Night Off (yyyiipppeeee!!! this is just a good time to talk, watch movies together and remind ourselves that before we became parents, we were and still are a couple. this is the part where I am so thankful we have yaya Angel here with us.)
Sometimes the mother within doesn’t want to let go… I want to sleep with both my kids around. But then, Meimei deserves her parents full attention too, without sharing us with her ahia. EJ needs to also understand that he’s growing up and he has to learn to sleep on his own. Mama needs to grow up too ;-D. Letting go has to be learned little by little… Now letting go is just confined in the other room, but someday it’s going to be letting go because they have to live in another house! Oh… tears in my eyes are already rolling just thinking about it! I am such a cry baby… Both the kids need to understand that mama and papa has to spend time because we just don’t love them as their parents, we also love each other as husband and wife… And Papa has to learn what?! haha… that he MUST share his bed! haha… But my hubby is really nice. He agrees with all these silly schedules and is just as excited to comply.
EJ’s school started last September 1 and I miss him everyday, especially at lunch… it makes me look forward in excitement of cooking dinner that he’ll really like 
Hmmm… guess you know who I’m talking about! Right! It’s my luvyduvs birthday! A.K.A. Papa! I had a hard time deciding what to give him until an AHA moment came when EJ, my first born, got his clay out 2 days ago. Right there and then I asked him to do something for papa for his birthday. I didn’t have a concrete idea yet what the birthday project will be, all I know was we had to make something for daddy-yo! So this afternoon, while Meimei was sound asleep, EJ and I, with yaya’s help, made our birthday project for papa. We didn’t complete the project until Meimei got up and allowed us to have her hand traced – this was the most difficult part of the project I tell you! But it was very much worth the effort 
