Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Getting ready for bed

Getting ready for bed is a favorite...and not so favorite activity.
It always goes the same way....
Routines start around 5:40pm.
Take a bath
Read a book
Brush teeth
Get a bottle
Be in bed by 6:30pm
Sounds simple, right? Hah! First of all, the LOVE to take baths. They would stay in there for days if we allowed it. Reading a book, another fun activity. Brushing teeth...YIKES...they HATE it. They yell and scream and shout. It is horrible. Funny thing is, we give them the toothbrush when we are done and it immediately goes in their mouth...as Miley shows in one of the following pictures. Get a bottle....well can be hard...can be easy. Irelyn refuses to hold her own bottle. She knows how, but she prefers not too. But, she does go to sleep quite easily. Miley, on the other hand, holds her own bottle, but alternates between sucking her thumb and drinking the bottle. The whole process is really exhausting. But, I know that we are lucky that they go to bed so early!!
A few bath/teeth brushing pics....


3 comments:

Shalyn said...

Cute Pics! Gavin hates it when I brush his teeth too but he will do it himself just fine LOL Kids are so funny. Are you walking at Loma Linda or in Riverside?

Amber said...

Silly girls! Love the tooth brush picture- too cute!!

I gave you an award in my blog today. It was passed to me and I love reading your blog so I wanted to pass it along to you too! :)

Anonymous said...

ever since my husband got laid off he now sees the extent of the drama i deal with to do such simple things. My older two are 10 and 5 and they are ridiculous in the morning before school. He pushed me! No I didn't! I was here first! No you weren't! He won't share the toothpaste! You're not allowed to do it! Yes I am! Moooooooooooooommmmm...

It's so crazy. It's like, just brush your teeth and get out of the damn bathroom! LOL