Bedtime Routine

Every night we have the same routine that we do with Rebecca before she goes to bed. She takes a bath, puts on her pjs, brushes her hair and teeth, we read books, and then just Rebecca and I will lay on the floor and sing and pray. I sing "You Are My Sunshine" every night. Then we say our prayers. After we say our prayers we make a list of everyone we love and want to pray for. Right now this list mainly consist of our immediate family. A usual conversation about these people goes like this:

M: Who do we want to pray for?

R: Dada

M: Dada, who else?

R: Uh oh! Dada has go to work.

M: Yep, Dada has to work. Who else do you want to pray for?

R: Mama

M: Mama, who else?

R: Uh oh! Mama has go play tennis. (I then realize that the only time I leave Rebecca is to go play tennis once a week. I need to get out more.)

M: Mama plays tennis Monday night. Who else do you want to pray for?

R: Dessa

M: Dessa, who else?

R: Mae Mae

M: Mae Mae, who else?

R: Rob. Uh oh! Rob scream. (He did this once at the TV during a Tennessee football game several weeks ago.)

M: Yes, he was upset with the Vols. Uncle Rob, who else?

R: Nannie

M: Nannie, who else?

R: Uh oh! Nannie had go take care of Kato (the cat).

M: Yep Nannie had to go home. Who else?

R: Kato. Uh oh, Kato in Mississippia.

M: That's right, Kato lives in Mississippi. Who else do you want to pray for?

R: Pop Pop

M: Pop Pop, who else?

R: Uh oh, Pop Pop in Mississippia too.

M: He lives in Mississippi, too.

R: Carrie had go Mississippia too.

M: She did, who else do we love?

R: Mimi

M: Mimi, who else?

R: Poppie. Uh oh! Mimi and Poppie had go bye-bye.

M: They had to go to there house. Who else do you want to pray for?

R: Amy Sid

M: Yep, who else?

R: Lucy

M: Yep, who else?

R: Caroline. Uh oh! Caroline sick.

M: She is. We need to pray hard for her. Who else do we want to pray for?

R: Amy Jay

M: Amy and Uncle Jay, who else?

R: Uh oh! Amy Jay had go ball game. (They were not able to come to the birthday party because of a baseball tournament.)

M: Yes, they had to go to a ball game. Who else?

R: John had go ball game, too.

M: That right, John had to play baseball.

R: Yeah.

M: Who else do you want to pray for?

R: Lala

M: Laura, who else?

R: Uh oh! Lala had go her house.

M: She had to go home.

R: Geeg

M: Greg

R: Geeg had go home, too.

M: Anybody else?

R: Mmmmmm (as she scratches the side of her head). I don't know.

M: Amen?

R: Amen!

This is pretty close to the conversation we have every night. I get so tickled at her. It amazes me what she remembers.