From the archives

From July 17, 2012

Usually, Luke and I take turns putting the girls to sleep. We got ourselves(and our girls) in the habit of laying between them on their double bed, reading stories, then singing songs(me) and then letting them fall asleep on either side of us. Then we would carefully tip toe out of the room, or fall asleep ourselves. Some times it's a rock paper scissors thing, but sometimes the beauty and peacefulness of your children falling asleep in your arms is the greatest reward. This is a story of me putting the girls to bed one summer night when the girls were 2 & 4 years old.

Last night while Emmy was falling asleep... "Pop pop? Nope. Pop pop? Nope."
Pause.
"cookie?(pronounced coooookie). Nope. Cookie? Nope."
Several more times with some "mamma nopes" thrown in.
Then "dop playing" (stop playing) about 20 times.
Then she fell asleep in my arms with Johanna already sleeping on the other arm. I love my girls.

Pop pop is a Popsicle.