The blame game...

Oh the good ol' blame game, doesn't it just figure all those times we told Ms. Kaitlyn you just wait until he can talk. I'm not sure if she ever thought that day would come but it def came tonight. It was met with denial, it was met with dispute, it was met with tears. Tears from both ends.

Getting ready for bed in the Tucker household is not one written about in fairy tales, it is not a "Little Bear" episode, it can be somewhere between Judge Judy, Maury, some nights, Springer and every night sprinkled on top with a little bit of Oprah. There are always some troubles herding one of them up to bed. Some nights both, it's the same thing every night, "Time for bed, brush your teeth, pick out the book, tell the chickens good night (see post below) etc." Then there's the whole who is sleeping in the middle... whoever sleeps in the middle gets to pick out the book. This is where Maury and Springer come in. It's my turn, no me turn... then that normally means I lay in the middle and read the book. Some nights there is everyone holding hands snuggled in tight, with giggles and singing (some of our favorites include Bob Marley's Three little Birds, and the Carpenter's Close to you), some nights there are shadow puppets on the wall, every night has hugs, kisses and snuggles, oh and don't forget daddy's "pokers".  (What Kate calls Kevin's facial hair)

Tonight as I make my way up the stairs I heard a dispute of some sort, I turn the corner to find the bathroom door closed. Not normal in the routine. I open the door to find Kenny in the bathroom, in the dark, obviously upset. I get everything under control and he tells me "Tatee" turned off the light and closed the door. When confronted with that information, Kate goes into defense attorney mode. (Judge Judy) Then she turns to the jury ( Daddy) with alligator tears pleading her case, while the boy secures his place "in the middle". Then her attention goes to it's her turn tonight in the middle, in which I just take the middle to try to STOP THE MADNESS! (remember her Suzanne Powers?) Which invokes a discussion about how Kate is still taking the middle tomorrow night seeing as she is not in the middle tonight...exhale... Finally the story starts, the snuggles set in and the hand holding commences.

There is love at bedtime, there is a togetherness, once asleep a little boy gets moved into his bed. I once fought to have them put themselves to sleep, but then after bringing Kenny home from the hospital one time I thought, how bad is it really if they want to be together? How long is this really going to last for??? Even with the nights the way they are they still aren't going to last long enough, so I will take each night as it comes whether I'm an enforcer, a bouncer, a judge, as long as I'm the Mommy that gets to snuggle in the middle that will be my cherry on top.