Bedtime routine
tonight's bedtime routine:
6:30pm: Mommy starts cleaning kitchen after supper and informs children it's time for a shower. Instructs them to head upstairs and starts undressing. Children SLOWLY start to climb stairs toward bathroom.
6:35:00pm: Bean bag plops onto living room floor, narrowly missing piano. Titters are heard from upstairs banister.
6:35:30pm: Daddy is dispatched upstairs to appropriately discipline son for throwing things down the stairs toward the piano.
6:40pm: Both children are back DOWNSTAIRS playing with train set (somehow they "forgot" original instruction during discipline break). Children are reminded that they need to go upstairs and start getting undressed. Daughter heads for stairs with son slowly trailing behind. Mommy returns to finish cleaning kitchen.
6:45pm: Mother heads upstairs to find both children still dressed rolling around bathroom floor. Children are undressed by mommy with poorly timed urgent potty breaks (son has to poop twice and daughter pees once).
7:00pm: Mommy picks son up and places in shower. Son jumps out (it's going to be COLD, mommy). Son is re-deposited back into shower despite protest. Water is turned on and son is thoroughly doused. Water is turned off amid another storm of protest. Towel is obtained. Daughter is instructed to get son's underwear and slowly heads toward bedroom. Son is quickly dried and since daughter has still not found underwear. Son grabs towel and streaks naked to bedroom. Towel is deposited behind rocking chair.
7:15pm: Daughter still hasn't found underwear, son is streaking around the room naked, and mommy is trying to capture son, get underwear, and redirect daughter to get undressed rather than continue searching for underwear. Daughter heads to bathroom but not before grabbing towel son has deposited behind rocking chair. This creates a meltdown with son sobbing that "Mommy was supposed to find the towel." Mommy creatively stops meltdown by grabbing towel and throwing it on crying son's head. Tears turn to laughter. Mommy is able to successfully put underwear on son.
7:20pm: Daughter is finally undressed and placed into shower. Son is instructed to choose out his pajamas. Daughter is appropriately showered and then dried. Son emerges from bedroom with PJ shirt only. Son is instructed to also get pants.
7:25pm: Daughter is sent into bedroom to choose out her PJs while son is dressed. Meanwhile son has found his train conductor hat and insists on wearing it while getting PJs on. He is finally talked into taking it off so mommy can get shirt over his head. Then son sees a dolly that is not supposed to be on his bed. Son climbs up onto bed to throw dolly off. After dolly is appropriately removed, son comes back so Mommy can get his pants on. Son is then instructed to get socks from his drawer. Son can't find his train socks. Mommy narrowly avoids a meltdown by assuring son they are in the laundry and will be washed tomorrow. Son slowly takes out several pairs of socks before deciding on a plain white pair. Mommy finally finishes getting him ready for bed.
7:40pm: Daughter has socks on but is still stark naked. She is reminded to get her panties on. Son finds this hysterically funny. Daughter puts her PJ shirt on and starts to put pants on. Daughter is reminded, again, to put her panties on first. Panties are finally in place and daughter finishes getting PJs on.
7:50pm: Mommy collapses onto couch in critical condition.
6:30pm: Mommy starts cleaning kitchen after supper and informs children it's time for a shower. Instructs them to head upstairs and starts undressing. Children SLOWLY start to climb stairs toward bathroom.
6:35:00pm: Bean bag plops onto living room floor, narrowly missing piano. Titters are heard from upstairs banister.
6:35:30pm: Daddy is dispatched upstairs to appropriately discipline son for throwing things down the stairs toward the piano.
6:40pm: Both children are back DOWNSTAIRS playing with train set (somehow they "forgot" original instruction during discipline break). Children are reminded that they need to go upstairs and start getting undressed. Daughter heads for stairs with son slowly trailing behind. Mommy returns to finish cleaning kitchen.
6:45pm: Mother heads upstairs to find both children still dressed rolling around bathroom floor. Children are undressed by mommy with poorly timed urgent potty breaks (son has to poop twice and daughter pees once).
7:00pm: Mommy picks son up and places in shower. Son jumps out (it's going to be COLD, mommy). Son is re-deposited back into shower despite protest. Water is turned on and son is thoroughly doused. Water is turned off amid another storm of protest. Towel is obtained. Daughter is instructed to get son's underwear and slowly heads toward bedroom. Son is quickly dried and since daughter has still not found underwear. Son grabs towel and streaks naked to bedroom. Towel is deposited behind rocking chair.
7:15pm: Daughter still hasn't found underwear, son is streaking around the room naked, and mommy is trying to capture son, get underwear, and redirect daughter to get undressed rather than continue searching for underwear. Daughter heads to bathroom but not before grabbing towel son has deposited behind rocking chair. This creates a meltdown with son sobbing that "Mommy was supposed to find the towel." Mommy creatively stops meltdown by grabbing towel and throwing it on crying son's head. Tears turn to laughter. Mommy is able to successfully put underwear on son.
7:20pm: Daughter is finally undressed and placed into shower. Son is instructed to choose out his pajamas. Daughter is appropriately showered and then dried. Son emerges from bedroom with PJ shirt only. Son is instructed to also get pants.
7:25pm: Daughter is sent into bedroom to choose out her PJs while son is dressed. Meanwhile son has found his train conductor hat and insists on wearing it while getting PJs on. He is finally talked into taking it off so mommy can get shirt over his head. Then son sees a dolly that is not supposed to be on his bed. Son climbs up onto bed to throw dolly off. After dolly is appropriately removed, son comes back so Mommy can get his pants on. Son is then instructed to get socks from his drawer. Son can't find his train socks. Mommy narrowly avoids a meltdown by assuring son they are in the laundry and will be washed tomorrow. Son slowly takes out several pairs of socks before deciding on a plain white pair. Mommy finally finishes getting him ready for bed.
7:40pm: Daughter has socks on but is still stark naked. She is reminded to get her panties on. Son finds this hysterically funny. Daughter puts her PJ shirt on and starts to put pants on. Daughter is reminded, again, to put her panties on first. Panties are finally in place and daughter finishes getting PJs on.
7:50pm: Mommy collapses onto couch in critical condition.
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