Bedtime

  A few weeks ago, while I was in Washington for a wedding, Chris decided to rearrange our house so that the kids were sharing a room. Ari had been begging for months, wanting to sleep in Jace's room on the spare bed almost every night, so it was time to make the switch.
  Ever since rearranging, the spare room has just been a staging room full of mattresses, but tonight we finally got it set up for Nana and PopPop's visit. Ari was so thrilled to see it clean, with the bed made, that she fell right back into her old habits and was begging to sleep in there again. I always thought that Jace was the perk, but I guess she just likes the change in scenery! We told her that if she stays in her bed until Jace is asleep tonight that she can switch over. We did the normal bedtime routine: diapers, brushed teeth, two stories, and then their songs. Jace was in a silly mood,  toddler singing just slightly louder than me through the songs. Chris and I couldn't stop giggling about his interpretation of "You Are My Sunshine". I'd much rather him be singing that than "Love Me Like You Do", which he actually knows the words to. (I promise to sensor my music!)
  Now I can hear Aria over the monitor, patiently singing loops of the bedtime songs to Jace, trying to coax him to sleep. She may be manipulating him to get what she wants, but I'm going to pretend it's sweet. My Mommy heart is happy and overflowing with love. These are the moments...