Creatures of Habit

My boys are definitely creatures of habit. Joshua recently re-discovered his long sleeve Thomas the Train pajamas, as well as his love for them. He's always begging to wear them to sleep in, but I don't ever want him to because it is so stinkin' hot. For real, it's in the 90's during the day. And yes, I know it's probably hotter than that where some of you are, but you have air conditioning in your home. We don't. :o) It is HOT in our house, but we do have fans that help a great deal. Anyway, instead of asking, Joshua has taken to just running to his room before it's even time to get ready for bed and putting his Thomas pajamas on early. It doesn't seem to bother him that it's the dead of summer and he's wearing winter pajamas. It's all about the cartoon character. Maybe I should look for some Thomas summer pajamas. :o) Anyway, if he wants to be hot all night, then so be it. Along with the summer/winter lack of distinction, both boys insist on using blankets when they sleep. Because, after all, that's what you do when you get in bed - you put your blanket on you. At night we put a fan in their room, so it doesn't get too hot in there. But Luke even insists on using a blanket during his afternoon nap (during the hottest part of the day). There isn't a fan in there during his nap because we're using it in another part of the house at that time. He doesn't seem to care about it anyway. But when he naps with the blanket on, he wakes up soaking wet with sweat. He STILL wants that blanket because that's what you do when you sleep. Creatures of habit, that's what they are.