Starting from term 2, we let Kai go to school on his own without having to wait for his brothers who were way slower. Only condition was that he must bid bye bye to me at the door. I only sent him to the bus stop a couple of times when it rained heavily.
In early April, we dismantled the bunk bed as I was always worried about Kai jumping off the ladder and landing too hard on his upper bunk. And Yang's bed board broke, possibly from the kids jumping off the bunk bed onto his bed! So we shifted Yang's bed to Kai's room which became very cramped with two beds. The upper bunk was brought down to become Yang's bed. And Kai started sleeping on the same mattress but on the floor in between his brothers' beds.
Last week, I had enough of Yang and Yu bickering over seats so I had them sit with each other instead of taking turns to sit with me. No need to bicker. This week, we started wearing cloth mask as I'm running low on disposal masks and the usual store has no stock for the white ones.
In early April, we dismantled the bunk bed as I was always worried about Kai jumping off the ladder and landing too hard on his upper bunk. And Yang's bed board broke, possibly from the kids jumping off the bunk bed onto his bed! So we shifted Yang's bed to Kai's room which became very cramped with two beds. The upper bunk was brought down to become Yang's bed. And Kai started sleeping on the same mattress but on the floor in between his brothers' beds.
All cosy
A couple of weeks on, changed again. I kept bumping into Yang's new bed coz the foot of the bed was high instead of mattress height. And Kai was disturbing his brothers too much. This time, we dismantled Yu's lower bunk totally as it had two poles sticking out. Then Yang's bed was moved inside to become Yu's bed. And we shifted his original bed back. Also replaced the broken bed board. There was a bulk disposal truck downstairs so Sito threw the lower bunk bed away. So Kai slept in his own room on a proper bed on school nights but slept with his brothers otherwise.
With this move, Kai and his brothers woke at different times on school days. 6.00 am for Kai and 10 min later for them. Kai would be out even before his brothers woke!
Along the way, I gave away the floor mattress via Carousell so Kai slept on the mattress topping instead. Still thick enough to sleep on.
Then we had to make space for boxes. Sito dismantled Kai's bed totally. So Kai moved back to sleep with his brothers. This means he has to wake at 6.10 am now. He isn't pleased but really, there is no need to reach school before 6.45 am! So he chose his preferred alarm ringtone, which his brothers don't like...
Last week, I had enough of Yang and Yu bickering over seats so I had them sit with each other instead of taking turns to sit with me. No need to bicker. This week, we started wearing cloth mask as I'm running low on disposal masks and the usual store has no stock for the white ones.
The Ys sitting together
More changes are coming. Yesterday, I moved clothes from Kai's wardrobe to Yang's wardrobe as his room was starting to smell like the cardboard boxes. Next week, we will start packing so eventually the room will become inaccessible. We're moving soon!
