At bedtime each child gets a song, a hug and kiss, and a drink of water from me after they have gone to the bathroom, said their prayers, and hopped in bed. Most of the time I let the children pick their own songs - Julia almost always picks Armies of Helaman, Ethan picks I am a Child of God, Christian picks Onward Christian Soldiers or Book of Mormon Stories, and Elliott picks Do As I'm Doing. However, depending on my energy level I might pick a different fun song that they are less familiar with (that happens when I feel like I have lots of energy), or the shortest song I can possibly think of (when I am worn out and ready for bed myself). My short songs are either I Hope They Call Me On a Mission or Kindness Begins with Me. Both are good songs, so I don't feel like the kids are really missing out if they get one of those songs.
With me still being sick, tonight was a short song night, which Christian was not too happy about. In order to show is displeasure he told me that he was not giving me a kiss. I grabbed him and gave him a big one anyway, but he still refused to kiss me back. As I was closing the door to their room, Elliott (2) hollered out "wait, Christian needs a kiss!" I guess he hadn't heard me give one to him and he knew that kisses were important and he didn't want his brother to miss out.
Today, Elliott is my superhero for looking out for his brother's well-being.
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