Bedtime

Things change so quickly with kids, and while I’m pretty good at documenting the big stuff I don’t want to forget the little routine things either.  I got these pictures over a month ago, and never posted them…and our bedtime routine has actually changed a lot since then! 

This was our routine for over six months…around 7:45 one of us would say, “Ok, girls, time for the three ‘P’s!” and they would go scampering upstairs to get Pull ups (1) Pjs (2) and go to the bathroom (3).  Buggy can do this all by herself, but Boo would bring the pull up and pjs to us so we could help her go to the bathroom and get them on. 

Then it was time to head back upstairs. 

Everyone into our sardine can bathroom to brush teeth! 

We let them have a turn first and then we “finish” up for them.

Peanut, Bug, and Daddy would head to Bug’s room where Peanut would sit in Bug’s chair while they read a Box Car Children book.

Boo and I would head to her room where we would read 3 books together.  Usually at some point there was yelling down the hall, “Should I read another book/chapter or are you almost done?”

Then everyone would come to Boo’s room and Daddy would say, “Hands in the pot!” and we all piled our hands together to say bedtime prayers.

I would sing Boo a song, say goodnight, and then head to Bug’s room, where Daddy and Peanut had been telling her goodnight.

Then it was Buggy’s turn for a song, while Daddy and Peanut said a last goodnight to Boo.

Inevitably, every single night someone needs a refill on their water…which is probably the reason they both still need Pullups. :P

And Boo always needs one last goodnight before we head downstairs.

So that used to be our routine…I wanted to write it all down before I forgot!

Now, since Peanut switched to four hours, she is always eating during the bedtime routine so Daddy and girls do jammies and books without me, while I feed her. 

Then, between sides, I do the goodnights/songs, while Daddy gets Peanut in her pjs. 

I come back down, finish feeding her, and we put her to bed.  All three girls are almost always in bed, lights out by 8:30 and T and I finally get some down time…which we usually spend watching Netflix or reading.  We are party animals.  Haha! :)