can't even lie still for 10 seconds

In an attempt to get Preston to sleep (after hours of not sleeping), we let him lie in our bed on the condition of 'no squiggling around, or you go back to your own bed'. "I PROMISE", he assures us. After we'd said about 50 comments like 'stay still!', 'stop kicking me' and so on, I exasperatedly said 'Preston, I don't think you could even stay still for 10 SECONDS!'

Well, that's a challenge to any kid (I did this at Brownies last week - they nearly exploded after 6 seconds of keeping quiet, which to them meant they had to hold their breath and shut their eyes - it was very funny).

So I counted. Every time he squiggled, I started at 1 again. For quite some time, we didn't get past 2. It was getting a bit silly (and funny). Preston, you can't even last 2 seconds, I exclaim. Right, he says, THIS TIME.

So in the dark, I begin counting again. He's trying hard - Purple Bear is firmly pressed over his eyes. 1, 2, 3, 4. Then I feel the bed jiggle with contained laughter. But Preston was still. 5. Then I realised it was Dan who was trying really hard not to giggle. It was contagious and I couldn't help myself. Soon I had tears streaming down my cheeks, especially when Preston got all mad at us and said "what are you two doing? Why are you laughing? SHHH!!! I'm trying to be quiet so we can get to 10!" This made us giggle even more and we were a total mess! Poor Preston was so annoyed. Especially when I started counting again from 1....