Sleeping beauties

This shows a part of the typical pre-bed routine for Carter (though we typically don't take pictures of it) from tonight.

Last night, Bill was charged with putting C down to bed. Usually this means a bath, maybe milk/cookies, a few books on the bed and then C hits the sack. After an unusually long and rather quiet bedtime routine, I stuck my head in to check on the boys. This is what I found...

They looked so peaceful and comfortable that I thought about finding room to snuggle. Instead practical mom prevailed so I transferred C over to his crib and pulled a groggy Bill from the nursery.

Sweet dreams to all! Erin

There are two sides to this story, so here's mine (Bill). After reading 4 or 5 books, I told C "time for bed" instead of asking for more books, he rolled over and I thought about...

-All the times I chase him around the house with sore legs
-Being soaked from washing an unwilling bathing companion
-Running half way down the aisle in church to stop him from interrupting the Eucharist
-All the kicks, and knees, I take to the head in toddler wrangling
-The times that I make a new dish for dinner, and instead of eating it, he'd throw it on the floor.

I thought about all these things, and I decided maybe we should just rest for a while...and I'd do it all again.

Thanks for reading...Bill.