Our family bedtime routine is about to change. For several years now, we have gathered together and read the Bible and then a story in the den. Ranen would usually fall asleep and Eric would pick her up and "fly" her to bed while the bigger kids were allowed to stay up a little longer. Now that Ranen is getting older and not going to sleep quite so early, we are looking at how to change bedtime.
And- I think it just might be her favorite time of day for us to all be together, quiet and reading. Just happy for the company of the others. Then for Eric to gently and magically transport her to her very own bed and tuck her in. She loves being flown to bed every night.
I know as all my kids get bigger there will firsts and lasts that I will try my best to take mental notes at both times and ponder those wonders in my heart. Ranen's feet dangling down the hallway will be one of them.
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