As I’ve mentioned before, every night Alethea goes to bed with a large contingent of friends accompanying her.  She just loves being in her crib with her ‘guys’.

This morning I started thinking that I’d better document these moments while I can, because a ‘big girl bed’ is just around the corner for Alethea.  So without further ado, I give you, Alethea’s Party Crowd…

First off there are the puppies who hang out at the bar:

From left to right we have: Dee, Puppy, Woof and Amin.  (And lest we offend anyone, I just want to clarify that Alethea named them all herself, and where she came up with the name of a Ugandan dictator, we don’t know.)

I’ve seen them all lined up before, but I didn’t realize until today that they have a specific order they stand in.  I should probably have guessed as much, but when Alethea went to put them up for the picture, she was quite deliberate about sliding them around to put them as you see them.

Besides the puppies, Alethea’s other party guests include Baby Doll…

And Little Baby Doll…

who are apparently nudists, because no matter how many times I put their clothes on, they always seem to end up in the buff by the time morning comes.

As you can see, it’s quite a wild crowd that Alethea hangs with at bedtime.  Maybe they’re the reason that we hear her happily talking away for hours after we turn out the lights.

Just think what will happen once she’s in a real bed and can invite Giant Pink Bunny to the party too… yikes!  She’ll be up all night long!

I guess it’s just something to look forward to in the days ahead.