Nighttime songs

I can't recall exactly how it started...in one of the desperate attemts to get Jack to go to sleep in his big boy bed and calm him down I just started to sing. Now each night as we put Molly right to bed and she sweetly goes to sleep, then we start the routine with Jack. Read some books - I say some because once you are done with one he will tell you the next one to read - until you have to cut him off. And how do we cut him off - by singing songs.

It is a little like the piano bar at Pat O'Brians for nighttime in Jacks bed. I sing a song and then it is either "do it again" or a request for another of the timeless classics. Right now we are still on church songs, so in that respect it is probably night and day from a night at Pat O's.

Sometimes this routine seems to drag on and on, and some nights I wonder why big brother can't be a bit more like little sister when it comes to sleep. But then there are nights like tonight, where momma actually put him to sleep, but then 15 minutes later he starts to cry. So I walk in to ask what is wrong and I hear "Sing a song - Jesus loves me".

Thank you Jack for letting me sing to you.