Bedtime Routine

We have done the same bedtime routine for Mierae for a long time now. It is so fun when she tells us what we do next. After getting into pajamas and brushing teeth, it's storytime. Sometimes Mierae really gets into her stories. Here's a shot of her while we were reading her FAVORITE, "Duck on a Bike."



Now when we read stories she HAS to be sitting up in bed leaning against her pillow which has been propped up against the wall, and I have to be leaning on my pillow too, and she has to be under her blanket. Here's a shot Eric got the other night.



After stories, we say prayers, then lights out and I sing her a song, followed by an exchange of "I love you." (Mierae had the "I love you" part down a long time ago. It was so cute to hear her say it, in a whisper, for the first time when she was probably 18 months!) Mierae loves it when I hold her with her head on my shoulder and a blanket around her back and sing "I Am A Child of God."

Well, a couple of nights ago, Eric was in the room with us after we read stories to have prayer together. We were both about to leave the room, and we hadn't sung a song. Mierae got out from under her covers, not about to get out of hearing her song, and announced, "Mommy, hold you, cuddle, with the blanket, and sing "I Am A Child of God." How could I say no to that?! I'm so thankful to have this precious time with my daughter, when she still lets me cuddle, and I am reminded that she is a daughter of God.