lions

The last few nights, Kekoa has been having the hardest time going to sleep because there are lions in his room. As soon as I leave, he is off the bed to find me, "mama, the lions are coming". There are 3 very specific reasons why there aren't any lions in Kekoa's room:
1. He has a L.E.D. candle in his room, which of course lions do not like.
2. He has little monster socks, which lions are scared of. Kekoa is friends with the monsters so they will protect him from the lions.
3. He also has Paulie and Didi, the lions are definitely scared of his polar bears!

Even with all this protection, Kekoa still doesn't like it when I leave. It takes many times of him getting off the bed to come find me. We walk back to his room, I tell him why the lions aren't coming (see 3 reasons above) but he is still scared. He will also get off his bed and tell me his toe hurts or his nose is running or his hand hurts or....
Tonight I turned the light on in our bedroom, across from his, to see if it will help. As I am writing this, he is tossing and turning in bed, still not asleep, eyes wide open.