Grandma used to watch Calvin and Madison often when Stacy was living in Louisville during her first marriage. Richard worked nights so if the kids slept in the afternoon when he was taking a nap they tended to stay up late.
Grandma was having all sorts of problems as a result getting the kids to sleep.
One night Stacy was out of town, Richard was working that night and grandma had to get up early the next day to go to work herself, when watching these two reached a breaking point.
She went back there several times as they were jumping on the bed rather than going to sleep. She finally threatened to whip them if they didn't lay down.
When she went back there again, she could see Madison jumping on the bed. Once Maddie saw her, she literally laid flat in mid air and landed on her back by the time grandma stepped into the door. Grandma had no idea a two year old could jump so high.
The next time grandma had gone back after hearing a noise, the door was shut and she had not shut the door. She left it ajar so they could see the light from the hallway shine in.
She could hear them laughing and giggling from behind the door, but as she tried to open it, they had locked it.
"Let me in! Open the door" I can only imagine she sounded like the big bad wolf.
"No!" Lots of laughing and giggling ensued from behind the door by the two little pigs.
Grabbing a toothpick to open the door, she heard the lock pop and she still could not open the door because they pushed a bunch of moving boxes, a night table and a bed up against the door. Again, they were aged four and two.
Finally she forced the door open and the reign of terror ended.
They were up to 1:00 AM.
She told Stacy the next day that Richard had to stop giving them naps.
As it turned out, Richard had not let the kids nap that day, so the explanation for their bouncing off the walls was something else.
Come to find out, grandma was giving the kids antihistamine for allergies, they had runny noses, and that is what had them bouncing off the walls.
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