The other night.. as all nights happen.. While preparing L for bed he had asked for the Charlie and Lola book to be read that night. Now, i have read this book countless times.. to the point where i can read it with my eyes closed. (And L can read it himself). But it never had occurred to me until the other night that just maybe.. Could it be true.. Oh My Gosh.. No way..
Lola.. Has a "Little A"....??? Ill explain why..
The book we read is called "I am not sleepy and i will not go to bed".. (It even comes with a FREE wall frieze :/ )..
"I have this little sister Lola. She is small and very funny. Sometimes I have to keep an eye on her. Sometimes mum and dad ask me to try and get her off to bed. This is a hard job because Lola likes to stay up late"
"Lola likes to stay up coloring... and scribbling.. and sticking... and wriggling.. and bouncing.. and most of all.. chattering..."
"Usually i say.. "Lola, its time for bed".. she says "No! I am not sleepy and I WILL NOT GO TO BED". I say.. " But all the birds have gone to sleep"... She says.. "I am not a bird Charlie"
"But you must be slightly sleepy, Lola"..
"Lola says.. "I am not slightly sleepy at 6, or 7 or 8, and i am still wide awake at 9, and not at all tired at 10, 11, 12 and i will probably still be perky at even 13 o'clock in the morning". Lola says she never gets tired"
Now.. I'm not going to write the entire book.. but its worth a purchase.. The whole Charlie/Lola is.. and NO, I'm not endorsing it.. i just know that its a good read.. For an adult.. :)
Basically.. the story continues on to Charlie "bribing" Lola, with pink milk for the tigers, shooing whales down the plug hole, a lion eating a tooth brush and dogs wearing pajamas. Oh.. and cant forget the Hippo in Charlies bed.
My light bulb moment came when i was reading the first few pages.
1. YES.. its a damned hard job getting L to go to bed.. or do anything at any good time.. He always manages to have some "comeback"..
2. Without his medication.. L will most certinally be up at 13 o'clock or beyond...
3. L loves to bounce and chatter and wriggle and... (Lots of "A" traits going on here..)
4. Most of all.. i was seeing MYSELF.. as Charlie and L as Lola. Its our routine.. I say the same things to him. "Moon has gone to bed" "Birds are sleeping now".. etc etc etc.. blah blah blah. Every day is Ground Hog Day, with a little bit of fairy dust thrown in to mix to shake things up at times.
And i actually laughed out loud when this hit me!
I'm not saying Lola IS. I'm just clearly astounded that the first time any type of book, show, movie or anything child related can show such simple yet closely related motives to my Little L. I am yet to see Pepper Pig (Oh god.. Pepper Pig.. :z).. or Charlie Bear have any kind of similarities..
Needless to say.. When i finish the book.. I tell L.. "Now Lola has gone to sleep.. its now L's turn... Good Night L.."...
And sure enough.. not a drama. Not a peep. Not a banging on the locked door, or sliding books under it and out into the lounge room.. or throwing his entire room out his window. (Yes... funny... funny when you have people next door bringing undies and shoes and cars back from their driveway... lol.. he has a great arm on him i have to say.. lol)
I just found this whole thought really intriguing.. Id love to hear others thoughts on this.. See if there are other things that maybe you too have seen in other aspects of life maybe.. Because its not until you have these wonderful special needs in your life, that you too can see the world differently and you can spot other miracles hidden around you..
I'm defiantly going to look into finding and buying the other books in the series.. Not because of these resemblances.. but because I too.. like reading Charlie and Lola.. Its defiantly a rather interesting read.. In more ways then 1. :)
TNT
A xxx
My little "Small and very Funny..."
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