I wanted to jot these down, because as much as they annoy me every night b/c it takes sooooo long to get Jenna, Jimmy, and Cassie in bed, their little routines are really sweet and sometimes even a little funny--just not at the time :)
Alli is so easy...she doesn't take a nap, and she is always at school or playing and having fun, she gets tired and tells us usually between 8-9 that she is tired and she wants to go to sleep. That is, if she doesn't fall asleep watching tv before we realize we haven't seen her in a while. But, we say our prayers...here is the one she made up and always says -- God is great, God is good, when we are up, and when we are sleeping. -- Then we pray for whatever special requests we have for others, ourselves, and give thanks for all the good stuff that happened that day. We give her a kiss and hug and we don't see her until the morning.
I wish the triplets were that easy!!! Besides getting them into their pajamas, making them go potty, putting a diaper on Cassie (just in case), and getting them into their room....here is the rest of it -
Jimmy - he is the easiest of the three. Once I get him into bed, we just tell him we love him, give him kiss and hug and he's good.
Jimmy doesn't usually sing and when he does, he starts adding in the pees and poopies and poopheads, etc.
Cassie - her stomach (or her legs, or her head, or her shoulders, or her hand, etc, etc, etc) ALWAYS hurts as soon as she gets into bed. More recently, she also always needs a tissue b/c her nose is running. She gives me a kiss and a hug and then she has to sing me a song. It's either "You Are My Sunshine", "Tomorrow" (from Annie), a song from the Doodlebops, usually "Ukelele" , or "Miss Lucy had a Baby" - the last song, she likes to sing really, really slow!
This was Cassie about 2 weeks ago.
Jenna - she has to have the corner of her 'feet blankie' from St. John's up to her nose so she can either smell it or breathe through it or do whatever she does. She has been doing that since she was a baby. Even though I'm not sure exactly what she's doing, she looks so cute doing it. When she was a baby, she would use anything she can find, sometimes the sleeve of her shirt. So, then we have to put the blanket over her, but it has to be PERFECTLY lined up on her, with no creases, no folds. One time she was even yelling at me b/c she saw a bump underneath the blanket. I was like, "Jenna---those are your feet under the blanket!" Then its time for kisses and hugs. It goes like this -
Jenna - "First I give you a kiss" - (so, I have to sit there and let her kiss me, and Heaven forbid I accidentally pucker my lips because then I have to start all over).
"Now I give you a hug"
"Now you give me a kiss" (so she lays there like dead weight)
"Now you give me a hug" I give her a hug. "My head was a little turned for that hug, but that's okay" and she cracks up laughing.
"Now we both give kisses"
"Now we both give hugs"
Then...."I will sing you a fast song - Miss Lucy is fast. No, no its not. I'll sing "Sunshine" She proceeds with the song and I tell them Good Night, I love you, Stay in Bed or we'll turn the TV off. Turn off the light and shut the door.
Jenna - about 2 weeks ago.
Cassie and Jenna (Jimmy sometimes, but he's pretty good) get out of bed and start playing with toys about 2 seconds after we walk out of the room. TV is usually off after about 5 mins. At least one of them is out of bed to tell us that "someone is waking them up and they can't sleep"....not like they were sleeping in 2 mins anyway! Or maybe their belly hurts, etc. Or, "Mommy, I don't want you to leave when I'm sleeping."
I think I'm just going to start saying a prayer with them and tell them we can't do the other stuff anymore! It's a chore just to put them to bed :)
