"Goodnight Moon"

Mae Mae  is 14 weeks now!  She has changed so much these past few weeks.  Ms. B (her amazing daycare provider) says she is a 6 month old in a 3 month old body.  Small but advanced - of course any mama loves to hear that!  I just soak in all of the praise and keep hoping for more.  Proud mama! I need to weigh and measure baby girl, maybe next post.

What to write about??? Hmmm...one of my favorite times of  day as a family is story time.  This is a big part of our day. This is the time where no matter what we have going on we try hard to have all of us there. This is not always the case. But for as long as we have been doing it we have a pretty good record. We started reading to Colin during his first few weeks – more out of desperation to stay awake while little guy was adjusting to a “night time” schedule then anything else. Then when he was a few months old we started involving all three of us and made it part of our routine as a family. The Three Musketeers! There were times when I was on travel or Will had band rehearsal that it was just Colin and one of us but for the most part Colin did not mind. In a way it was a treat. Colin loves story time even though that means he is that much closer to bed.  He loves to pick out his two books and laying down in mommy and daddy's bed.

Enters Meli. Four Musketeers?!? A musketeer who at first was not willing to work with etched in stone schedule, so for a while there Will ran story time/bed time with Colin and I took Meli duty. Now Meli is being a little more cooperative with this part of the evening and seems to like the routine. Fingers-crossed.

Here are some pictures of our typical night.

After dinner we have relaxation/play time.

Then bath time

Then Colin gets a little treat.  Like a hershey kiss or a small cookie.

Then it is clean-up time, followed by stories!

Then the three of us say "Goodnight Colin".

Followed by Will, Meli and I relaxing on the couch watching a show or two until it is time for Meli to go to bed.

Then we say "Goodnight Mae Mae"

We have started to add a book for Meli into Colin's story time.  This week we have been reading "Goodnight Moon".  One of my favorites from when Colin was a baby.  He would try to catch the mouse on each page.  He would pretend he pinched it!

~ Love, Hugs & Kisses ~

The B Family