bless 'em

Tonight we had a neighbor from up the street baby-sitting the kids. Her own children are, apparently, a challenge to put to bed. When we got home, we thanked her for giving us the night off, and she thanked us for the same thing. Her description of Evan and Sage's bedtime: "I put Sage in her crib and she asked for a book. So I gave her one and she 'read' for a few minutes, then fell asleep. Evan danced around the house for a while, taking off his clothes. Then he put on his pajamas, got into bed and asked me to sing him a lullaby. I did that, and he said, 'Thank you. Goodnight.' And I said, 'That's it?!'"