best bedtime

this was one of those nights when our kids were just too good for words.  we met with the architect and the meeting went way longer than we anticipated - during dinner time.  we didn't leave the meeting until around 7:30pm!  so we stopped at chick-fil-a to get dinner on our way home.  madelyn was super excited and we even let them play for a little bit before it was really time to get them home and it bed - it was getting close to 9pm.

and we still needed to go back to the hospital to get matt's car.  we picked him up on our way to the meeting to save time and forgot to stop and get it on our way back through down because we were rushing to get the kids some dinner.  we dropped him off and headed to the apartment and beds.  my goal?  get all three kids down as quickly as possible.

i started my strategy during the car ride by getting madelyn excited about being the fastest at getting into her jammies.  i wondered out loud if she could even be so fast that she could get dressed before daddy got home too.  and she did.  she got herself dressed while i changed diapers and dressed the two boys for bed.  then while i nursed maddux, she took care of getting mason his toothbrush and toothpaste (and her own) for teeth brushing.  and then she 'read' mason the first words picture book in their room while they waited for daddy to get home. 

bedtime has never gone so quickly or so easily.  i got matt's attention when he came in so that he could get some pictures and video of the two of them doing story time together.  a wonderful way to end the day!  love.