Wednesday, April 09, 2008

My Favorite Nightmare

The other night around 3 AM I woke up to hear someone sprinting down on our hall. A few seconds later Payton was at my bedside telling me he had just had a terrible nightmare. His heart was racing and he seemed paniced. I picked him up and put him in bed with us and asked him he wanted to talk about it and he said, "No, I just want to be between you and dad." Happy to oblige we each held a hand and went back to sleep.

The next morning at breakfast I asked Payton if he wanted to talk about his dream. He said, "It was awful. I was on a boat." Quick to imagine the terrors that could of come from this I said, "Oh were you by yourself? Did you fall in the water? Did you feel lost?" He said, "No, it was an ocean liner, there were a lot of people." Once again, quick to imagine the terror he had felt I said, "Were you hurt? Did someone grab you?" To which he responded, "No, that ship blew its horn and scared me to death."

5 comments:

Kristen OQ said...

There must be something in the air...Sam has en having lots of nightmares all week! Everything from scary jack-in-the-boxes to an owl that wouldn't stop hooting. Who knew those were scary?!?

Holly said...

That is too cute and funny!!

Catherine said...

I love it!! I wished I could be around more often to experience some of this humor myself!!

daughteroftheking said...

laughing out loud right now!!! I love the personalities of your boys. They are so funny,and you are great telling it! Keep em coming.
Love you guys
Missy

Kelly Vaughn said...

Oh my word this is hysterical...I cannot quit laughing...I love these boys so much!!