A totally freaky, super creepy, SCARY midnight encounter... :/

Have you ever heard someone talk in their sleep? Or witnessed someone sleepwalking? Both can be unsettling or just plain freaky if you're not used to it. My oldest daughter has talked in her sleep a few times that I have witnessed. Once was just a few weeks ago when I went in their room to make sure the alarm was set for school. It was about 10:30 and I leaned down to kiss my youngest daughter on the cheek. I covered her legs up and then moved to my older daughters bed. I fixed her blanket and just as I bent down to kiss her cheek, I heard her talking. So, of course, I stopped midway down and listened to her babbling. When she had finally stopped (and yes, it was a little creepy..) I kissed her cheek and all of a sudden her eyes popped open and she stared at me. I asked her what she was talking about and she blinked a few times never taking her eyes off of my face and then mumbled.. "I don't know." Then she grabbed the blanket and rolled over. Ten seconds later, she was asleep... Yes, it was creepy. But I would much rather re-live that instead of my night last night...

Every night my husband and I tuck our children into bed around  8 pm. Hugs and kisses right before we cover them up and tell them good night. Last night was exactly the same as every other night. At first... After we put the kids in bed, my husband and I had a relaxing couple hours in the living room watching a new movie. By the time it was over we decided we wanted to play a game on our Xbox's together. (Yes, I'm a gamer chick, nothing crazy just a nice relaxing fun past time at night some times. And because I'm not into split screening... My husband and I have our own systems. We have the big headsets too. I know okay, I know.. ) Now that that's cleared up, we went to our systems to start playing a game together with other people online. It was about 11:40 when my husband starts telling me he was just freaked out by our youngest daughter. "I think she's sleepwalking... She came in like she was looking for something and then started walking in a circle. I picked her up and put her in the chair with me and she seemed dazed... Then she got down and left.." By the time he finished telling me that, I saw the bathroom light pop on (connected to my room..). "She's just going to the bathroom" I tell him on the headset. Then when I glanced back at the bathroom door that was cracked open, the light was off again. Okay... She was done. I went back to continue playing the game when all of a sudden my bedroom door (straight in front of me) slowly swung open. Sure enough it was my youngest daughter, standing there in her underwear.. I asked what she was doing and after that she took one step in my room and put her arms up around her chest like she was cold. I tried to ask again and after THAT she started taking small steps close to me with wide open eyes with faint dark circles under them and a wide grinning smile. It was not like the normal precious face I see during the day... It was CREEPY. VERY CREEPY! She would NOT answer me when I tried to talk to her.. Just kept walking towards me holding her arms with that creepy smile and non blinking eyes. I'm thinking she was in some sort of sleepwalking state and honestly, I was hoping she would STOP before she got to me! I was ACTUALLY scared of my six year old daughter! I asked her again what she was doing when she made it just a few steps away from me and she giggled a little which only freaked me out that much more... Finally, after two more steps, I told her to stop and thankfully she did. The eyes were still open wide and the smile was still there. I felt like she could have been possessed! Freaky, really freaky... I told her she was creeping me out and she laughed again and mumbled "hug and kiss.." I looked at her and asked what she said and she told me "hug and kiss." So I gave her a hug and kiss, relieved she was actually talking to me now. She started walking out of my room and looked back at me over her shoulder smiling. "Are you going to give dad another hug and kiss?" I asked (Mostly to distract myself from continuing to be spooked by my creepy little girl around midnight..) "Uh huh.." She said. But instead of taking a right to go to where he was, she took a left which was the direction of their bedroom. I waited a second expecting to see her cross my doorway again and when she didn't, I got up and started for my door to see where she was. I half expected to walk out into the dark hallway and see her standing there staring at me with that creepy face again... Thank the Lord, that wasn't the case. Their bedroom door was already closed and when I opened it to look inside, she was covered up in bed. I crossed their room and looked down at her for a minute, she was asleep. Eyes closed, covered up to her neck, asleep. I said her name, she didn't budge. I touched her shoulder and said her name one more time with a little nudge and she opened one sleepy eye to look me. "Did you go in my room and give me a hug and kiss?" I asked. "Mmhmm." I heard. I gave her a kiss and went to my husbands game room. "That was the freakiest flipping thing I have ever seen!" I told him and proceeded to do a play by play of my freak encounter with my half conscious daughter. I couldn't help but duck my head out into the hallway before starting to walk in the dark back to my room. I have never felt that way with my own kids. Some people would probably laugh and think "Karma." especially given the time of year and the fact that I absolutely LOVE scaring people myself... It was very unsettling.. I made sure both doors to my room were CLOSED COMPLETELY before I even thought of going to sleep. It was some kind of night. This morning I told her that she freaked me out at night and she thought it was funny. "Because I went in your room and you were scared?" she asked. "Umm, YES! Don't do it again!" I said. She laughed more. It even unnerved me a little that she remembered she was in my room and yet at first, she would NOT answer me at all.. Just took little steps with that whole creepy demeanor... Talk about CHILLS! I love my children, I love this time of the year and I do love to scare people. HOWEVER, if I ever have a freak encounter like THAT again... I just might have to start locking my door! :/ I'm sure all of you have had your own little "Regan" moments that make your skin crawl and now, I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL! (That's from "The Exorcist" for those of you who have no idea what a Regan moment is.. If you've never seen it.. Tis the season!) ;) To everyone out there glancing at this, may your children or anyone in your house stay tucked in tight through the whole night!!! Wish me luck... -Super Mom