Bedtime with Three

Bedtime with three is a little different and Whitney and Kenna love the change. Most nights they each get to snuggle with Brynlee in their beds for one song or one chapter of the book we are reading. They love it. It just warms my heart to see how much they love their sister! Sometimes she's awake and sometimes she's asleep. They especially love to snuggle her when she is asleep. And they also like to pretend they are sleeping too. I couldn't help but take these precious pictures.

Mike puts the girls to bed most nights to give me a break and to spend more time with them. He is such an amazing Daddy! I am pretty sure they have him wrapped around their fingers. (But they would do most anything for him, too!) On a regular basis he falls asleep singing to them on their floor. A year or so ago I started spending bedtime playing the piano. While he reads, I practice and then I accompany him for songs. It has become a fun tradition and makes me take time to practice the piano. And you know - I have discovered something . . . when you practice you get better and songs come easier. Can you even believe it?! For the past month we have been working on our library's Winter Family Read-Aloud Program. So instead of playing I have been joining them for books. We have read Hello, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, and are now working on Charlotte's Web. I remember all of these books from my childhood but didn't remember much of the storylines. They are fun books. Thanks to Uncle Norm for intoducing my family to Mrs. Piggle Wiggle when I was a kid - and now my girls love them. If only there was a Mrs. Piggle Wiggle in my neighborhood I could call for some magic to cure my kids when I am having troubles with them!

When he does fall asleep the girls are quick to wake him and remind him that he isn't finished singing yet.