Bedtime Giggles

Both kids skipped naps today and were particularly squirrely by 6pm. I was fighting, with all the grace and good cheer I could muster, to herd them through putting on pajamas, reading stories, brushing teeth, and going potty. If you know how wacky over-tired kids get, you can just imagine how this multi-step routine just begs for chaos. At one point, both kids had their toothbrushes but had run, squealing, out of the bathroom and were in the living room, lounging on the couch and brushing. I scooped Nathan up, and laid him back on my lap saying, "It's dentist time! Let me check you teeth!" He thought that was pretty funny and was surprisingly compliant. I'd just about finished his teeth, and he said, with the million-dollar grin that he has, "Excuse me, dentist. Can I have a toy now?" And we both exploded in giggles.

Sweet prayers

Nathan and Abigail almost fight over who gets to pray at meals. "I'm fuhrst!" "No, it's my turn!" (I just realized how ironic it is that they're fighting over praying...) Grandma Ko has been with us this week and it's so sweet the way Abigail always thanks God for "Grandma visit us." She's also very methodical in thanking God for everyone's (fill in the blank)..."Thank you for Mommy's rice, Daddy's rice, Nathan's rice, Abby's rice..." So sweet.

Nathan has had a pattern to his prayers for quite awhile but every now and then he'll surprise me. There's a boy in his preschool class that always takes toys from other kids and is just generally annoying. This boy has been our "prayer pal" all year (a picture of the boy to remind us to pray for him and his family) but Nathan tends to forget, probably because he's not fond of this boy. Nathan's also been particularly "3" this week, and we've been talking ALL.THE.TIME about listening. So last night when I was tucking him in, he was praying, and said, "...and God, please, PLEASE help me to listen. And thank you for (boy's name from school) and that he's in my class." So sweet.