We have a pretty strict evening routine that we’ve been tweaking since the kids started school but it seems to be working well. We try to have time with each kid for reading before bed. Both of us read with the younger two kids. Then Doug reads the bible with Jacob while I read the bible with Emily. Emily and I are halfway through Genesis…. we’ve got a long ways to go!
The evening always starts with the kids getting in PJ’s and then quiet play in the house. Then I read to the kids. Doug even started listening. Mr. Poppers Penguins didn’t much catch his attention but he has laughed right along with us with Laura’s stories in Little House in the Big Woods. I have a book that has the first 5 stories all packed into it with colorful pictures. I figure it will take a while to get through them all. I haven’t read the stories in years though, so it’s fun!
Then the kids all read in the living room while one by one they get tucked into bed. It’s been working out pretty good. Of course there are always alterations when sports are involved. Soccer is coming to a close though and Basketball is over tomorrow. Jacob should be starting baseball in the spring but that’s a ways off. He’s pretty excited about that!
Jacob and Nicolas swapt out beds so that Jacob could sleep with Hally. Then he decided Hally wasn’t any fun to sleep with because she’s a BED HOG! So we made her a bed on the floor. Lets see if she will like it!
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