Bedtime Prayer

Heard tonight during prayer time (translated from preschooler dialect):

MeToo:  "Dear Jesus, thank you for Mama... and Daddy... and Mandy... and Cameron... and HeyMama... and undies... and jammies... and pants... and shirts... and good stuff.......... and Mama... and Daddy... and Mandy... and Cameron... and lights... and flashlights... and toys... and flowers... and books... and butterflies..... and um...... and um.........."
Mama and Daddy:  "AMEN!"
MeToo:  "Amen."

I'm glad she gives thanks for the small joys of life, but she was starting to do a visual inventory of the room, and we didn't want to spend the next 20 minutes in there.

Thank you Lord for bedtime. Amen.

Bedtime Prayers

Heard tonight at bedtime:

MeToo:  "Dear Desus, tank you for Daddy, bawoons, de dzim, an all de toys, and two beds. Amen."
HeyMama:  "Dear Jesus, thank you for green. Amen."


Translation:  "dzim" = gym.
If you can't figure out "bawoons", you obviously don't spend much time around children.

Bedtime Prayers

One of my favorite parts of the day is bedtime. The girls' bedtime. My bedtime is good too, but I'm usually way too tired to truly revel in it. But the girls' bedtime is something that I look forward to. Not just for the sudden calm that descends upon our household. Although that is a truly wonderful thing... 


I enjoy our nightly routine of bedtime prayers. Every night, we gather as a family to say the traditional, "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep...". Then we take turns saying special prayers to thank God for specific things in our day or ask for something we want. It's fun to see what's rattling around in the girls' heads at bedtime - this is what usually comes out during their prayers. 


MeToo has been stuck in a rut lately. She's adopted some of my typical prayer themes:  thank you for a good job, please help us all sleep through the night. But the way she blended them makes me sound like a madam. "Dear Desus, tank oo for Mommy go to work in da nigh. Please hep her stay safe trough the nigh. Amen."


HeyMama's have been a bit more colorful. Last night she thanked God for keeping us safe from raccoons, then asked Him to help her keep her undies dry. Tonight, apparently also thankful for my job, we heard, "Dear Jesus, Thank you for letting Mommy go to work in a hospital... and thank you for letting her help people... and thank you for letting her make lots of MONEY! Amen."


Well, I'm not sure if I made LOTS of money today, but I am thankful for the other stuff. And I'm thankful HeyMama doesn't think I work in whorehouse.

Bedtime Prayer

MeToo:  “DearDesus, tank oo for Desus… and Mommy and Daddy an Pincess book, pease teep ussafe true da nigh, an pease make us fee bettah true da nigh… and tank oo for…Manny an Tamin… true da nigh… an fee bettah… true da nigh… an fee bettah……. an…....”

Mama and Daddy: “AMEN!”

MeToo:  “Amen.”

Revenge of the Amoxicillin

So I earned myself the Worst Mother of the Year Award this weekend by allowing HeyMama to get a sunburn on her shoulders. Saturday morning we went down the street to our friends' yard sale. I didn't expect we'd be there long. But we were. Without sunscreen.


So HeyMama had bright red shoulders this morning. I slathered her in aloe. The redness spread down her arms. Then little bumps appeared. I called the doctor's office. By the time the nurse called back, the bumps had spread to her legs. The nurse scheduled us for an appointment in the evening. By the time we got there, the bumps were on her chest and back. They were spreading to her face.


The verdict? Allergic reaction to amoxicillin.


Poor HeyMama. She's red and swollen all over now. And itchy. And sad.


At bedtime, we all said special prayers for her little red bumps. Even MeToo asked God to make her feel better.


I hope the Benadryl works. At least we know she'll get a good night's sleep...

Bedtime Prayers: Redundant, or Just Very Thankful?

Here are tonight's bedtime prayers:


HeyMama:  "Dear Jesus, thank you for Jesus. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen."


MeToo:  "Deh Desus, tank oo for Ehmo, Mandy, Tamin, Mama, Daddy, Mandy, an' Tamin. Amen."
[translation:  she's thankful for Elmo, Mandy, Cameron, Mama, Daddy, Mandy, and Cameron]


What do you think? Redundant? Or just really thankful?

Bedtime Prayer

Heard tonight at bedtime:
MT: "Dear Dees, tank oo Tamon, Mandy, buhbays, Monstuh, buhbays, Monstuh... Amen."


(translation:  Dear Jesus, thank you for Cameron, Mandy, blueberries, Cookie Monster, blueberries, Cookie Monster... Amen.)


She's apparently very thankful for things that are blue tonight.