Night time chatterbox

Last night Bax couldn't sleep. I heard him chatting at 10pm and went in to ask if he was okay. His entire bed was covered in toys and books and there was only a postage stamp sized corner for him to sleep on. I asked him if he wanted to sleep in Mummy's bed and he nodded. Before he left his room he asked "Can I bring just one toy?" I said okay "Maybe my fire car?" I said sure. Then we spent nearly half an hour looking for the "fire car". In that time I found about 15 small fire engines, showed them to him one by one, "Is this it?" "Is this it?" No says Bax that's a fire truck, that's a ambulance car, that's a engine. I said "What colour is this fire car?" Red. I found another 20 cars all red and showed them to him . No. He said each time "That's a rufus truck, that's a russell in a fast car car, that's a bouncy car, that's a dump truck." He has a name for every single car. Finally I spotted a big red fire engine on the bookcase. "How bout this?" I asked. Bax smiled and nodded "How bout that! " he said.

We went into my room and I tucked him into bed and brushed my teeth. I curled up next to him. "Did you have a nice day?" "Uhhu!" he said "Did Daddy pick you up from kindy?" "Uhhu!" then I said night night and he said night night back. I closed my eyes, it was nearly 11. Then very quietly I heard "Happy Birthday to you". Bax was singing. I rolled over. "Whose birthday is it Bax?" "My birthday mummy" "Was there a birthday at kindy?" "Emma's birthday. We had a cake and cake and cake!" "Do you want to sing me Happy Brithday Bax?" I asked. He grinned then sang Happy Birthday to you about ten times before ending with a very dramatic choral "Dear Muuuummmmmmyyyyyy". I laughed then I said "Go to sleep Bax, night night" "Night night mummy" came his reply. 20 seconds of silence, then..."Mummy?" I said in my most adult voice "Bax, go to sleep" "Okay Mummy I go to sleep". five more seconds "Mummy?" Time to lay down the law. "Bax, Talk to your fire car."

Another drop of silence.

Then a whisper in the dark "Hello firecar...."