Bedtime Routine

Do you have a bedtime routine with your kid/s?

I have recently been so touched

by our bedtime/naptime routine.

Both my girls are still on bottles,

trying to cut one and not the other seems impossible,

so one day soon, 

we will give the bottles away to a baby that needs them.

and they will be gone for good.

Until then,

they both get up on the couch,

Ellie with her special blanket,

Pea with her special bunny and her handmade quilt from 

great, great grandma.

Ellie always finishes first

so we take her upstairs and give her kisses.

We put on her fan and then instantly she says

"Jesus?"

So we hold her hand as we thank God for the day.

Pea usually takes a bit longer.

She likes to milk her milk!

We take her upstairs,

give her kisses and hugs and turn on her fan.

Then she asks me to sing "Joy"

by "Joy" she means the song that goes:

"I love you Lord,

And I lift my voice

to worship You,

Oh my soul rejoice

Take Joy my King

In what you hear,

May it be a sweet, sweet song

in Your ear"

Then she wants you to pray with her.

And since I have gotten my locket,

she asks to see it every time.

It has touched me how much they except God in their life.

There is no question.

It is just what we do.

We pray to God and sing to God.

They have such faith that what mommy & daddy 

are teaching them is right.

They don't question it.

Instead, they remind ME to do it.

They keep ME accountable to what we have taught them.

I am so blessed to have my girls.

I am so thankful for them and

I just pray that as they get older,

they don't lose that faith.