Our Bedtime Routine...

Now that school is back in, we had to re-establish our nightly routine. We have never been in the habit of letting our kids stay up late, but they stayed up until 7:45 or so during the summer. Their school bedtime is 7 sharp! I know, we are so mean...it's still daylight. However, they are well rested for the next day! Our kids are really good sleepers, and like their mommy, need lots, I mean LOTS of sleep! I do not function well with too little sleep.

Anyway, so Mina gets home at 2:50. We immediately go and pick up the boys from school. We arrive back at home around 3:10. We then put all of our school things away, eat a snack and do homework. Then they play outside, ride bikes, play on the playset, you get the drift. Then it is dinner time. We eat around 5:45 depending on which night of the week it is, and what are extra-curricular activites are for that day.

Then we take baths, eat dessert and head to bed. We read them a bible story, practice our memory verses, and then read them a story out of this nature book that they all love! Then we say prayers, and we are off to dreamland by 7 sharp! Our afternoon/evenings are packed!

Wednesdays we have Awanas, Thursday-Gymnastics, Friday-Soccer Practice and Saturdays-Soccer Games. WE apparently love to be crazy busy! At least we have nothing to do on Mondays and Tuesdays!

So this is a quick pic of the kids with Emory right before bed tonight, our favorite time with the kids, is bedtime. It feels like the most quality time that we have with them, and we treasure this time!!!



PS...C-baby went to bed early, I think we may be visiting the Dr. for an ear infection! Poor baby! Otherwise he would be in the picture too!