Night time routines

We have a pretty set routine at night that we try really hard to stick to.  Since the girls don't nap we start getting ready for bed around 6:30-7:00.  This is easy to do in the winter when it's dark at 5pm.  As longer days approach we get a bit derailed but we still shoot for bedtime in the 7 o'clock hour.  We love reading a few books before bed and the girls always ask for ice cold water.  Recently we started reading daily devotions from a book called Sticky Situations.  It's presents situations that kids may get into and then gives them options of what they should do in the Sticky Situations.  The girls are a tad young but they really do 'get it'.  It's been fun for us to read them together and then read the bible verse that corresponds.  

Our other favorite night time routine is playing with Big Tiger.  It's the funniest thing ever.  Cory animates the tiger and makes him pounce on the bed.  The kids all scream at the top of their lungs and hide under the covers.  They're scared but they want more. "MORE, Daddy, MORE!" I wish I had a photo of the kids screaming and laughing but I was too busy hiding under the covers with them.  He really knows how to animate that stuffed tiger.