Bedtime...

Isak's bedtime routine has been a rather big issue since we moved from Boise last September. I felt bad because we had just moved and he was in a strange place so I wasn't as strict. When we lived with Kevin's parents, he had his own room but started complaining that he was scared, it was too dark, etc. etc. Some of these were probably valid complaints, others were probably just him not wanting to go to bed by himself. So somehow we got into the horrible habit of having to lie down with him every night until he fell asleep. We moved into our own house in January, it was another big transition and a new room so we again didn't push the issue. Well fast forward about 6 months and this was getting old real quick. Pretty much one of us would have to lie down with him every night for an hour and we had zero time together or to ourselves. Plus its probably a huge no no in every parenting book that I have never read. So imagine our excitement this week when my efforts to get Isak to go to sleep by himself finally worked! He is protected by all his stuffed animals, we leave the door open with the light on in the hallway and he has done really well with staying in his bed. His main complaint is usually that his animals are too loud, then Kevin has to tell them all to be quiet. His next retort is that when he is big he won't have to sleep at night and can stay up and play to which we say, sure Isak..Anyway, we are super excited to again have a few hours to ourselves without kids in the evening and may even start watching TV together again. I know, I know, we are a little crazy.

This is Isak wearing Kevin's hugely tasteless motorcycle helmet. Kevin said that he reminds him of the guy on Spaceballs. Regardless, he looks pretty awesome and loves to run around the house with it on. Hurray for awesome 3 year olds!