Bed (Anna)

Lea - this post is for you, following our conversation the other day about why kids want to delay bedtime even when they're exhausted. This might be something of an answer. Tonight, Emma was curled up on my lap in the final stages of the bedtime routine. This is usually a combination of singing (together or just me) and her talking about whatever's on her mind (we end up in all sorts of interesting places during these conversations). She sighed and said, "Bedtime." I nodded and stroked her back, and she went on: "No more books." *sigh* "No more songs." *sigh* "No more games." *sigh* "No more play" *sigh* "No more being silly." *sigh* Then she wrapped her arms around me and said "I need a cuddle, Mumma." So we cuddled and lamented the end of another day as if it was the end of the world, and I whispered, "And tomorrow we'll do it all over again". But you know what? If those are the things she associates with being awake, I think she has pretty good days. P.S. I am not the only blogger who is being infuriated by the bug in the program that has disallowed paragrah and line breaks. The web is rife with complaints about it. Apparently, it is waiting for a solution from Google. It drives me crazy - it completely messes up my rhythms and cadences, and makes it sound like I don't know how to take a breath!