Goodnight and Bye

So a month or so ago, Carter added a new deminsion to his bedtime routine.   We always talk about how much we love each other and make a circle with our fingers and then say, ‘night, night; sweet dreams; sleep with the angels.’  Kisses…  Funny little man that that he is - suddenly, the goodnight is not acceptable without the following with Daddy or me standing at the door:  “I got something to tell you,” he says.  We have to say, ‘what is it?’  Reply, “It’s gonna be funny (giggle, giggle)"; {we say, ‘ok’}, "Goodnight and Bye."  We have to reply, ‘goodnight and bye’ and Mommy blows kisses across the room.  Door closed and all is well.  If this doesn’t take place, just as prescribed by our little man, you proceed to have a melt down.

I don’t know how long this will go on because I remember my sweet friend Mary Lindsey writing about her daughter’s nighttime routine and it just suddenly ended as though it had never happened.  This is something we don’t want to forget.  So sweet!